While I was dining at an adorable new restaurant the other day, the darling little girl who owned the restaurant came and sat with me when my food arrived. She told me about her life - how she was a famous singer and decided to take a break from it all to open a restaurant. I learned so much from talking to her. How the simple life of owning a restaurant was more enjoyable than being perpetually on the road; that when fans recognize her she finds it annoying but knows that she wouldn't have been famous without her fans; that the reason all of the food she serves is blue is because she couldn't find the other containers of play-doh; and that I ruin everything when I accidentally call her Maya. She told me that her husband was famous too and that his name was Justin Timberlane. She shared with me that it was very sad to be away from him so much as he was always away on tour. I asked her if it was also hard on their marriage, with him being away and with girls flirting with him. She said, "No way! We have a STRONG marriage!" I asked my wise 8 year old what the secret was to a strong marriage, and she said, "That's easy. When you ask each other for something, always say "Okay." I was a bit disappointed at the answer. Not only because if true, that would be impossible for someone like me, but also because I had hoped I hadn't raised my kid to be mousy. So I asked, "Well, what if you have big plans and he asks you to clean the house, sweep the chimney and scrub the floors????" "I would say 'OKAY' of course." she laughed and said "Then I would call a maid!" While I sat at my table feeling relief and a little bit of concern for Mr. Timberlane, she charged $7,489.25 to my credit card and told me to have a nice day.
