A walk to the office

It is inevitable in a small town like Dromore that you walk down the street and see someone you know or are acquainted with. And every morning, as I close my front door behind me on my dander to the office, I ready myself for this.

First it's the two moms on the Circular Road. They walk one in front of the other since the footpath doesn't allow enough room for them to walk side by side whilst also pushing their prams (aka strollers). They are walking back home after dropping their older kids off at school, and I am walking into the square to the office. I walk past these two ladies each and every morning, rain or shine, and each and every morning I chuckle at the fact that, as we walk towards one another, none of us know where to look. It's like we cannot catch eyes until the last possible second or the day would be thrown out of proportion. And then once our strides are pretty much parallel, we finally offer a friendly "Hiya" or "Alright?".

After the moms I'll probably come across Cathy or Sheena, both of whom go to my church and walk their kids to school each morning. Cathy & Sheena are cool and it's always nice to wave hi to them. Never awkward, like the Circular Road moms.

Turn right onto Bridge Street and lately I've been crossing paths with the Thymes Square girl. I don't know her name, but she usually makes my salad box for me whenever I go there for lunch. Again, another instance of "where should I look before I say hi??"

Go through the square and I've made it to the office, where poor Bob is waiting outside in the cold, always. Jackie might be outside of his shop unloading a delivery, and if so then there's a bonus "ALRIIIGHT?!!" to my morning.

Happy day =]