Proof that the internet is real

When John came home yesterday he said, "Who are these people?" as he looked at the mail strewn across the kitchen counter stacked neatly on the table.

 "That's Kady and Summer!"  I responded. Blank look. "Kady was the girl who danced with the wizened old jazz musician in New Orleans..." and of course then he remembered.

If I seemed happy, I was. "See?" I said, "It's proof that the internet is real." Which is kind of true. Every word that I write seems like I'm talking to myself. Comments at the end of a post always surprise me. Is somebody really reading this? Does a real person actually read my own comments on their blogs?

I guess so. Because in the mail I received a photo of Kady and Summer, two amazing women who travel, then work, travel, then work. I really love their smart (well, sometimes dumb, but I mean that in a good way) and very funny blogs. Their latest work was a man-job in which they replaced electric meters throughout the US, and it required them to dress appropriately.

I have been supportive of that work wear. Seriously. It's not that bad. Almost hot. "Almost hot" is where everybody should be in work wear! Don't argue with this, it's old-fashioned, but true.  People who are "hot" at work are terrible losers. Much much better to be "almost hot."

Kady and Summer's vests are much cooler than my own.  That's right, I have a fluorescent vest, bought some years back, in Alabama, when I was a participant in a skit that involved people in a prison-road- crew. Now I use the vest on dim evenings when I run on the street. It is not at all hot.

In the photo, Summer is wearing this striped shirt, which ironically, I was lusting after just a week ago when Kady directed me to The Zero Waste Home, a very admirable blog where everything is reused and recycled. Yvonne, the blogger, was talking about how she used a striped shirt to liven up all of the other stuff in her closet. It made me want to buy a striped shirt so bad, but of course that was entirely missing the point, so I didn't. 

However, now that I see how great Summer looks,  I might just have to splurge. I might also have to pick up a black fleece like Kady's, which is a Northern Hemisphere basic, and I don't own one yet.