  what are the odds of witnessing two blind men running into each other the street? and then on the bus, watching a pair of deaf women have a conversation about six seats away from each other? thats the good thing about sign language, you aren't disturbing anyone by having a conversation some distance apart. i was lucky enough to see both today. i did feel bad for the blind men. i wonder if either of them knew the other was blind? i was the customer that everyone hates today. i escorted sara to the rembrandt exhibit at the art institute this morning because she really wanted to go and it was ending soon.
she was disappointed in the lack of paintings, and i was indifferent due to the early hour and lack of coffee (i can't believe how easily i became hooked on the stuff. when i started writing this i never drank coffee in the morning. ) we stopped in au bon pain to look at the pastries, even though we had creme brulee for breakfast. i decided to make a salad from the salad bar for later on. when i got to the cashier, it rang up $10 for the salad and a bottle of water! i told her i didn't want it, could i just buy the water (which i also didn't really want at that point but felt obligated to buy). so the manager voids it, but the cashier shoved the salad in my direction. "you might as well take it, or we'll just throw it away" so i made off with my eight dollar salad for free. it was good too. 
