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Mom Finds Humor in the Absurdity of the Mundane

Published Friday, December 3rd, 2010

In an unprecedented turn of events, local Boulder mom Janet Parsons, 48, discovered in the mundane absurdities of everyday life a series of humorous events, all of which warranted retelling to countless eager listeners. The morning of November 23rd began quite normally for Parsons: she awoke at seven, showered, put on her favorite Flax outfit, and made some coffee. After a hearty breakfast of oatmeal, Parsons drove her two children to high school and set about her day. Shortly thereafter, the laughs began arriving in droves.

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According to Parsons, "I was just walking down the street, minding my own business, when suddenly this little dog comes up to me! Would you believe it? A little dog! And he was yappy and looked really excited to see me. Then his owner came over and apologized for letting him get off the leash, but I said it was no problem, his little dog was a trooper! Can you believe that?"

From there, things only got kookier. After her run-in with the aforementioned spunky pooch, Parsons proceeded to the local pharmacy to pick up a prescription. Parsons told no fewer than three of her friends and relatives, "So I was just going to CVS to refill my son's antihistamine eye drop prescription. And - would you believe this - they switched my prescription with one for Vicodin! That's, like, really strong painkillers - and they switched it with allergy eye drops!"

The mix-up was quickly resolved.

Driving home from the wacky incident, Parsons pulled up to a red light (that lasted forever!) only to find fellow Boulder mom Diane Henderson in the left-turn-only lane. But right in the middle of their rousing discussion on the latest PTA meeting, the light turned green and Parsons' day quickly took a turn for the unbelievable. After a three-second delay, the driver behind Parsons engaged his car's horn in an effort to spur Parsons to accelerate forward. This gesture proved ineffective because of Parsons' self-proclaimed status as a "chatterbox."

Reported Parsons, "And then, just like that, he rolled down his window and just yelled 'Fuck you!' like he didn't care if the whole world was listening! And you'd better believe he didn't convince me to go any faster!"

In each of her many retellings of the story, Parsons proceeded to wink, sigh, and savor a relaxing sip of tea before exclaiming, "What a day!"

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