Heather & Thor’s Weblog

Thor had an ah-ha moment earlier this Friday morning at the YMCA, of all places. You should have seen it. Everyone thought it was funny. But not Thor. He looked a bit… well, he looked a bit surprised.

In fact, his ah-ha moment wasn’t as much a light bulb coming on to realize that what he sought was right in front of him. That happens quite a lot, but this wasn’t one of those. This was more a ‘Holy Christ!’ moment, or maybe even a ‘Oh shit!’ or like being awoken in the middle of a really good dream. Let me explain…

So this morning, Friday morning, Thor heads off to the local Y to grab a swim with his buddy John. Did I tell you that this is the same buddy who will officiate his wedding? It is.

So Thor goes to the Y to meet up with John. Upon arriving, Thor swipes his card and heads immediately to the reception area. “Hi,” he says to the friendly lady sitting behind the desk, “I’d like to change my membership from Single Adult to Family so that my fiance can start working out here.”

The lady pushes aside some papers, then a few more, and finally extracts a single form. “We just have to fill this out,” the lady said. “What’s your fiance’s name?”

Heather Sinopoli.

“Same address as yours?”

Yup.

Miss YMCA paused a long moment then scratched head a few times as if it helped the thoughts settle in her head. Finally she spoke again. “When are you getting married?”

Thor pushed a little closer and said, “In a few months.” Thor said it as if there was plenty of time.

Miss Y wasn’t satisfied with the answer. “Like when — in the summer?”

“No,” Thor said, “in April… April 5th to be precise.”

“April 5th,” Miss Y reflected back, “that’s soon…” Before Thor could tell her she was wrong – ”no, it’s not so soon,” he wanted to shout — she got to further business. “In that case, I’ll just put her in the computer as Heather Kirleis.”

Thor’s mind went blank. He wore an expression of deer in headlights, or maybe one of a deer run over by headlights.

Miss Y seemed to pick up the whirl of emotions. If her confused expression could speak it might say, “Was it my mention of the wedding being so soon in April… or was it when I said Heather Kirleis.”

Thor spoke not a word further, signed a few dotted lines, and then dissappeared into the locker room. Rumor has it that he swam much faster than he usually does.