Bar crabs and blessings

I have this bar trick I do for kids, that I basically stole from my bartending brother, Anthony Nixon - it's called a bar crab and it never fails to amuse young children. It's a trick so simple that it borders on lame - that is until you see the reaction in a child's face, then it's well worth the price of admission. The trick is to unfold a cocktail napkin so that you have one big square, twist each corner about two inches towards the center from the ends, and mold it over a lemon. Then you roll it towards your audience. I know, it doesn't sound like much. It isn't really, at least not until you get a reaction, and this simple trick that I've stolen from my old friend, never fails to get a reaction.

I've done this trick more times than I care to count, but last night I got the most wonderful reaction from a little guy who proudly told me he was "Five and a half!". Usually I don't take care to make sure the child I'm doing the trick for doesn't see me put the lemon under the napkin, this time I did. The look of amazement/amusement on this little guy's face was priceless. He asked me what was under the napkin, and I asked him to guess:

Five and a half: A hamster??

Me: No - but that's a very good guess, do you want to guess again?

Five and a half: Is it a mouse?

Me: No, but that's also a very good guess.

I think his older sister guessed a Guinea pig - not sure, but they were both very amused by the bar crab, and it was the high point of my night. Undoubtedly, some would say I need to get a life - but moments like these are life in my humble opinion, and I'll hang onto to all of those that I can.

I have a bit of a nervous week ahead of me - some dental work/surgery on Wednesday that I'm a bit uptight about. Without going into detail, an issue that is overdue in being taken care of. I keep trying to focus on positive things, such as this issue being taken care of and my mouth getting back to normal and finally being able to stop favoring the side opposite the problem. I am a bit confused by how casual my dentist seems to be about the whole notion of having all this done, I'm expecting to eat a lot of soup come Wednesday afternoon and I'm wondering if I'll be good to go to work Friday night!

I'm hoping that I'll feel well enough on one of these days off, to get some creative work done and not have to cave in to simply laying on the couch and watching television - but if I end up doing that, I've got some amusing things to watch...such as the first three seasons of Archer, streamed stuff from netflix (my answer to cable - suck it Time Warner) and I finally got around to replacing my copy of one of my all-time favorite movies, High Fidelity. I'm also blessed to have Keith Richards' autobiography on loan from my good friend, Joe Hunter - and I really need to get on that one!

Since I'm told that my stitches will be in for a couple of weeks, I guess it's a good thing I'm well acquainted with my juicer! I'm sure all everything will work out in the end, but it's been a pretty nerve-wracking last few days, what with a minor stalking issue that I hope I've heard the last of, and the events of this week, the end of the month, blah, blah, blah....ah well, there you have it. All in all, I could be worse equipped heading into this week. I'm fortunate that I have two good jobs - this observation was pointed out to me by one of my bosses last week - and he's absolutely right. I do have two good jobs, and I enjoy the balance of both of them - and I hope I don't have to miss a moment of work at either one of them this week! This too, shall pass. Have a great Monday everyone!