I thought I'd take a break from what is turning into a weight blog, and expound on the virtues of baseball caps, which I'll be missing dearly tonight in the stadium when the sun's taking it out on my eyes.
Back in prehistoria, you know, my childhood, I didn't like caps. They seemed so "just for boys" that I couldn't bring myself to use them. I wasn't a tomboy. I was the library geek, and proud of it, so I had to maintain my image!
Now don't ask me when the change occurred, (I think it was that bright bright day on 6/5/2003, at 9:17 in the morning, right after my cereal of Golden Grahams and grapefruit) but suddenly I loved them! I couldn't get enough. I was going up to strangers on the street and asking them, "Did you know that you can wear these things and they'll keep the sun out of your eyes?!" I would go into grocery stores and tell the cashiers, "They prevent a lot of sunburns! Though you do still need to watch out for long hot days." I couldn't wait to go to the bank managers and proclaim, "Sometimes you don't even need sunglasses!" The parking lot attendants were tired of me repeating the claim, "It's even okay for ponytails, just stick it through the hole in the back!" Don't even get me started on the glee I would exude when telling everyone in the park, "They even save you sometimes from needing to comb your hair at all!"
I've toned down since then, but I sure wish I had one tonight so I could point out to the hapless stranger who will have the seat next to me that they keep you cooler too, by a few degrees! :)
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