Things Keep Coming Up Roses

There is a big, beautiful red rose blooming in the back yard right now. Too bad it smells so strongly of cat piss and shit back there that you can't smell the rose. That reminds me of my trip back from NYC in February. My flight was delayed about 5 hours and I got bored and decided I needed some chocolate to entertain me and keep me awake. I picked out a four pack of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups(I guess that is the standard size now) at the airport News Stand and got in line behind a very well kept looking young woman in a fur shawl. She looked like a Saudi princess. She had her arms full of items to purchase and a pile at the counter. She spent almost $300 there. I know the airport is over priced but, really. She handed the checker $400 and the checker handed her back a hundred spot. It took forever to get to the front of the line because the checker had to wrap ceramic mugs and trinkets individually and fold a bunch of t-shirts. She should have kept the 100 bucks for the extra work. I found a place to sit and ate two of the Reese's before handing the remaining two over to a friend who I happened to run into on her way back to SF as well. She was on a later flight than mine but hers ended up leaving before mine. I asked my friend if she could watch my luggage while I visited the ladies room. I walked into the restroom and pushed a stall door open. I have a knack for finding the most disturbing sites in bathrooms. The toilet was filled to the brim with paper, a seat cover, and a huge shit. Sprinkled on the floor around the toilet were the petals of a red rose. I have a feeling I know whose crap that was.