Missed Opportunity

Whilst staying at Joy's, somehow in conversation my aunt came up. Joy has been amused by my Aunts tales and expressed her desire to meet her one day. I said I think she is coming up to Queensland near July and that we could have that opportunity. This link is to a classic tale of my Aunt's wherein she was messing with the neighbours heads painting flowers.

However.

On the long horrid drive home with my youngest two children and a workmates children, we stopped at a large service centre at Caboolture North (according to my credit card statement) to have lunch... and so I could rest.... (I hate driving)

I walked into the ladies rest room and at the hand dryer was a woman I thought I recognized. I stopped for a second and wanted the courage to say... something...

She was intently drying her hands and didn't look up as I stared at her. I walked to the end of the toilet cubicles and turned and said... "Lola?" but I may have said it too softly. She didn't .. turn around or react.... so I decided I was mistaken. I decided in the toilet the woman was WAY TOO SKINNY to be my aunt. (One should never be fatter than ones' aunts.)

I ... missed an opportunity to spend a little time with someone I love because I am a coward! I kept thinking about it as I drove that horrid long drive home. And the second thing I did after admiring MOTH's handywork was to send off an email asking her if she was there. Over 1000kms from home at a service centre in Queensland.

She was taking her grandsons to the Sunshine Coast on a brief visit to Australia for medical treatment for her daughter.

They do plan to have a proper visit to Queensland in June. Hopefully we will all be better organised then!