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This week’s prompt in association with Bee’s Love is in da blog: acquaint and/or friend.
I had an acquaintance once. If you can believe I have the wherewithal to actually acquaint with anyone in the first place.
I remember the day well, it was a Friday, I’m sure it was a Friday, because Friday’s are special in my world.
They always fall right before Saturday and on this particular Saturday coming there was an event I was looking forward to. It was going to be lamington bake day and as you would all know there is nothing quite as exhilarating as a good lamington bake.
But all that went out the window as on the Friday, as I was saying, I had my one and only encounter with what I would like to believe was an acquaintance.
The actual act of acquainting snuck up on me when I wasn’t anticipating it. I was in the supermarket buying the sponge cake, the chocolate icing, and the coconut all in readiness for the lamington bake the next day.
I dropped my change as it turns out and it was picked up by a woman who thereupon engaged me in conversation.
Soon we were in the food court having a coffee and a muffin, then it was lunch, then dinner.
Saturday morning I woke up in a strange bed, a strange house and a woman beside me I vaguely recalled from the day before.
She looked at me and I at her. She suggested it was time I left. I did.
It was, I later reflected, a surreal experience.
I saw her yesterday at the supermarket and in the true tradition of an acquaintance she nodded politely in my direction and hurried off.
Now I am left with this memory of the woman I acquainted and now feel obliged to refer to as an acquaintance. As time passes I’m not sure if her name was Lindy, Lulu, Lacy, Lily or Lucy.
Written for: http://lindaghill.com/2015/02/27/special-edition-friday-prompt-for-socs-february-2815/
Morpethroad 
Definitely not Linda? Hahaha! Nice story, Michael. 🙂
Fun read! I can see me thinking of this post the next time I’m in the supermarket! 🙂
Thank you, ha, just don’t drop your change….lol
I won’t! 🙂
Her name might have been Lucretia. You have to watch out for Lucretias – they’re completely untrustworthy 😉
Really? Hmmm…..can’t say I know any of that name Lyn, but thanks for the heads up I shall be on my guard.
hahaha! However, I do have to ask, what is a “lamington bake?”
Here is a link to a recipe.
http://australianfood.about.com/od/bakingdesserts/r/Lamingtons.htm
Basically lamingtons are squares of sponge cake, dipped in chocolate icing and then rolled in coconut.
In Australia we sometimes have lamington drives, where a school or such like will buy and whole bunch of sponge cakes, the community comes together to cut them, ice them and then box them usually a dozen at a time for sale as a fund raiser…..hope that explains it all.
hmmm… cake, chocolate, coconut. Nothing at all wrong with that! And if it goes for a good cause, even better! The question is, why have you guys been keeping this delicious-looking secret? 😉
Well when you live at the bottom of the world people just don’t notice you. But should you come on down sometime you can buy them in any cake shop.
You know, “bottom of the world” is relative 😉
Ha..yes, but it one way we stay hidden….sort of…..
Hi Michael! I read your reply above and must say it is a great idea to buy sponge cakes for creaming and icing. Once upon a time, I used to bake sponge cakes and fruit cakes in my microwave.
You know what they say about not mixing real friends with temporary ones –
Stay safe from fleeting acquaintances!
Thank you Jess, I shall keep that in mind as I curl up in my safe little world down under the earth…
The bake sounds absolutely delicious going by your comment above! Great post, Michael… who knew supermarkets can be this interesting.
Thanks so much praj. Aussies all love a lamington.
Those lamingtons sound pretty tasty.
Tasty, delicious and just plain yummy John.