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A New-Found Twin in Yonkers, N.Y.
Posted by Somebody's Mother
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2:09 p.m.
I have just discovered my twin and she’s an African American woman named Charlene who works in a post office in Yonkers, New York. The reason that I bring up the fact that she’s African American is because I’m definitely not and this calls into question a whole bunch of stuff, yet Charlene was pretty convincing so I have to believe her. If Charlene says that we’re twins, it’s good enough for me.
Two weeks ago, my family were down in New York visiting my father who is in a nursing home in the northern most tip of New York City, an area called Riverdale. We’ve discovered a Marriott hotel that is a 15 minute drive north in the city of Yonkers that makes staying in New York and visiting my father much easier as the hotel has its own parking lot. I can tell you some very unhappy stories about trying to find parking in lower Manhattan, but I’ll just put you off driving down to one of the most vibrant cities in the world. Actually, if you must stay in Manhattan, a hotel called On the Avenue which is on 78th Street and Broadway, is a very nice hotel (although the rooms are small, but all Manhattan hotels have small rooms), and we’re usually able to find parking on the street within ten to fifteen minutes of getting near the hotel. This hotel is a good option if you want to bring your car into the city.
I hope you find all this information useful, but what I really want to tell you about is my twin, Charlene. I had to go to the post office in dealing with some family business and was pleased to find that the post office was open all day Saturday. I walked in with a bunch of mail that I wanted to put into a package, so I needed to buy an envelope, stuff the mail into it, and send it on its merry way. Every time poor Charlene started to suggest what I could do and how my task could be achieved, I repeatedly anticipated what she was going to say and as usual, I was incorrect every time. This is an unfortunate habit that my family has dealt with for years. Charlene had a different approach.
She said to me, “Do you know what the word foreshadowing means?” I was taken aback by the question, but I reassured her that yes, I did know what foreshadowing means. She continued, “I used to do the same thing to my English teacher in college and she used to say, ‘Charlene, you’re foreshadowing.’ ” I promised her that I would be quiet and let her talk. She looked at my husband and said, “And I want you to be quiet too.” He complied.
Charlene weighed the package and gave us our options and we paid for it to be sent. “You’re my twin because you do the same as me. What’s your name?” Well, that was it. We started to chat, I wound up telling her that we were from Canada and the whole mailing experience was about as pleasant as it could have been made to be. I found out a little bit about Charlene, her colleague Daisy re-weighed our package and found that we owed a few more cents…and then wouldn’t let us pay it.
I think that Charlene and I really are twins because it’s always been my own philosophy that if I’m going to work, I’m going to have fun with it which luckily is very easy when you’re working in a small high school. I get to joke around with kids all day long; some kids get my jokes and some don’t. Sometimes it’s the ones who don’t get what I’m on about that provide greater entertainment. Trying to have fun with things as simple as buying stamps just makes life more liveable and that’s the attitude that makes Charlene and I twins even though Yonkers and Lennoxville are far apart. Try it some time.
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Two weeks ago, my family were down in New York visiting my father who is in a nursing home in the northern most tip of New York City, an area called Riverdale. We’ve discovered a Marriott hotel that is a 15 minute drive north in the city of Yonkers that makes staying in New York and visiting my father much easier as the hotel has its own parking lot. I can tell you some very unhappy stories about trying to find parking in lower Manhattan, but I’ll just put you off driving down to one of the most vibrant cities in the world. Actually, if you must stay in Manhattan, a hotel called On the Avenue which is on 78th Street and Broadway, is a very nice hotel (although the rooms are small, but all Manhattan hotels have small rooms), and we’re usually able to find parking on the street within ten to fifteen minutes of getting near the hotel. This hotel is a good option if you want to bring your car into the city.
I hope you find all this information useful, but what I really want to tell you about is my twin, Charlene. I had to go to the post office in dealing with some family business and was pleased to find that the post office was open all day Saturday. I walked in with a bunch of mail that I wanted to put into a package, so I needed to buy an envelope, stuff the mail into it, and send it on its merry way. Every time poor Charlene started to suggest what I could do and how my task could be achieved, I repeatedly anticipated what she was going to say and as usual, I was incorrect every time. This is an unfortunate habit that my family has dealt with for years. Charlene had a different approach.
She said to me, “Do you know what the word foreshadowing means?” I was taken aback by the question, but I reassured her that yes, I did know what foreshadowing means. She continued, “I used to do the same thing to my English teacher in college and she used to say, ‘Charlene, you’re foreshadowing.’ ” I promised her that I would be quiet and let her talk. She looked at my husband and said, “And I want you to be quiet too.” He complied.
Charlene weighed the package and gave us our options and we paid for it to be sent. “You’re my twin because you do the same as me. What’s your name?” Well, that was it. We started to chat, I wound up telling her that we were from Canada and the whole mailing experience was about as pleasant as it could have been made to be. I found out a little bit about Charlene, her colleague Daisy re-weighed our package and found that we owed a few more cents…and then wouldn’t let us pay it.
I think that Charlene and I really are twins because it’s always been my own philosophy that if I’m going to work, I’m going to have fun with it which luckily is very easy when you’re working in a small high school. I get to joke around with kids all day long; some kids get my jokes and some don’t. Sometimes it’s the ones who don’t get what I’m on about that provide greater entertainment. Trying to have fun with things as simple as buying stamps just makes life more liveable and that’s the attitude that makes Charlene and I twins even though Yonkers and Lennoxville are far apart. Try it some time.
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