you never know… what will be playing on the kitchen cd player

(If you finished the song from the beginning of that title…you’ll definitely want to keep reading. : )

I went in to work at 11:30 this morning and the lunch rush had already begun. I worked the register for a while and then I had to run back to the kitchen to get something. I’m opening the refrigerator when I realize, totally out of the blue, I’ve got “You never know who you’ll meet on a bus…” running through my head.

Except not only is it running through my head…it’s playing on the kitchen CD player!?!

Wait… What? Why… WHO’S PLAYING CHELSEA CLINE?!?!?!

I discovered the ‘guilty party’ was none other than Andy, the sweetest guy you’ll ever meet. He comes in every day from 11 to 3 to wash the dishes. Andy is mentally challenged making him seem more like a 12 year old boy than the 21 years old or so that he is. He’s one of two guys that work at ABOG and loves calling the rest of us of the female persuasion any of the following: pumpkin, baby, sweet pea, sugarlips (yeah that’s one word) etc. Like I said, he’s the sweetest guy and loves it when we egg him on. (IE: someone will hear him say “maybe” and respond, “did you call me baby?” and he responds “maybe” and you get the picture…)

And he was playing Chelsea Cline.  He was so proud of his signed CD and even wondered if just maybe Chelsea like him and was singing to him. Needless to say, he got pretty excited when I told him I actually know Chelsea and she’s one of my best friends. (To prove it I pulled out my camera that had pictures of all of us from ‘spaghetti night’ at the MH).

A little while later Andy told me he had something he wanted to show me. And he pulls out a ring. In a very sad ‘Andy’ voice he tells me he just wants someone to take it. I told him he should hold onto it and give it to someone special. Later Andy pulls the ring out of his pocket again and wonders if I’d take it. I think that was his way of proposing, asking me to “take this ring.” I kindly told him he should wait for that special girl and save it for her.  I tried to let Andy down easy, but he moved on rather quickly…

And wondered if Chelsea wanted it. : )

And he wondered if I’d take a picture of him with her CD:

So there you have it folks.

Chelsea, you and I have both been proposed to by the same guy within a matter of minutes.

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