A Personal Poll

What a day for a daydream
What a day for a daydreamin' boy
And I'm lost in a daydream
Dreamin' 'bout my bundle of joy
And even if time ain't really on my side
It's one of those days for takin' a walk outside
I'm blowin' the day to take a walk in the sun
And fall on my face on somebody's new mowed lawn

I've been havin' a sweet dream
I been dreamin' since I woke up today
It's starrin' me and my sweet dream
'Cause she's the one that makes me feel this way

And even if time has passing me by a lot
I couldn't care less about the dues you say I got
Tomorrow I'll pay the dues for droppin' my load
A pie in your face for bein' a sleepy bulltoad

And you can be sure that if you're feelin' right
A daydream will last along into the night
Tomorrow at breakfast you may pick up your ears
Or you may be daydreamin' for a thousand years

What a day for a daydream
Custom made for a daydreamin' boy
And now I'm lost in a daydream
Dreamin 'bout my bundle of joy

John Sebastian

First a Confession, I have two posts in progress on the "usual" themes, both leaving me "unsatisfied".  So today's post was inspired by a conversation I had Friday with blog follower Phil Gocke, who is also my "financial advisor" (a shameless plug Phil). 

Phil reached out to talk about the "obvious"- this weeks Corona Virus market meltdown.  During our conversation I could not help but relay my own "post ski day" reflection on a poll (one that I made without a conscience effort) derived from  three conversations I had that day.   

So here is my "polling data".

I departed for my regular ski routine that morning solo, as I have for a couple of weeks now, due to my "Faithful and Obedient's" forced time off due to her recent meniscus surgery (she is doing well by the way!).  While I miss her company, such solo trips to the mountain offer opportunities for interactions with people both on the bus and on the lifts.  This Friday seemed especially interesting as the day unfolded.  Particularly with the "bad news" of the week.

My first encounter was at the bus stop at the end of our street.  Usually it is empty on Friday but that day found me striking up a conversation (both at the stop and on the bus) with a nice couple, and their two young adult children, from Dayton Ohio.  They were making their annual winter visit to Winter Park and we began with a discussion about "skis".  He (for some reason?) was admiring my Volkls which I bought when we lived in Stowe.   He told me he was a frequent visitor to Colorado not only to ski, but also for business.  He was also a ski patroller at a "ski area in Ohio"  to which  we both shared a hearty laugh!  Our discussion evolved into families, a history of where we have lived (he was Ohio born and raised), how we connected with Winter Park etc.  He was very curious about life in Winter Park and retirement.  I could tell he was at that stage in life and was eying up places to live.  

At no point did politics, Corona Virus or Market crashes come up...even when I coughed.  We parted company at the bus drop off saying maybe we would meet again over the next week


The second conversation was on my second lift ride, where I boarded from the "singles line" .  This ride found me in the company of a nice young lady and her husband from Maryland.  They had two young children which I learned about when she mentioned they were enrolled in ski school.  He was a government contractor from Lockheed Martin, she was a stay at home mom whose father retired to Fraser several years ago.  They made annual ski trips to Winter Park every year for he father's birthday weekend.  Once again I found us chatting  the entire lift ride about families, kids and even Stowe where they occasionally skied (I had opened the conversation when I overheard her telling her husband maybe their passes would be good at "Stowe" I proceeded to chime in-uninvited to inform her she would have to go to Sugarbush or Stratton with her IKON pass and walla our conversation ensued. ) 

Once again no mention of Corona or stock markets!

Finally my last lift ride of the day found me next to a gentleman and his friends from Kansas City, Mo.  You see he  had a Chiefs Superbowl Shirt shirt over his ski jacket (skiers from Missouri always seem to put a "jersey" over their jackets!).  I congratulated him on their victory and mentioned I was an Andy Reid fan..from my Eagles loyalty.  He went on to tell me he was a seasons ticket holder who won the fan Lottery for Super Bowl Tickets and was actually at the game.  It was a short but fun lift ride.  We departed hoping for an Eagles vs Chiefs Super Bowl next year (sorry Pats fans!)

Of course no mention of Corona Virus or Market Meltdowns.

As I rode the bus home I went into a "Daydream" about what a wonderful day I had on the sunny slopes (the first sunny day in a week), particularly the three wonderful conversations from people of different ages, walks of life and geographic parts of the good old USA.  A fitting random sample I think!

No divides existed on this sunny day on the ski slopes!

I thought of this as  Phil and I spoke about the all the hyper news of the week.

So in retrospect perhaps that Gallup Poll was a pretty fair sample of the countries "satisfaction"!


With that pleasant note I bid you all

 Adieu