Patti's Birthday

Happy Birthday to Patti! She is one of my very best friends, we have been walking for exercise together since Zac was in preschool. I think that started in 1997, so I bet we've been walking together for 12 years.

On Tuesday, it was pouring rain, with a flash flood warning. Patti checked the internet to see when the rain would end. She called and claimed we would be fine if we postponed walking by half an hour. Instead, WE GOT DRENCHED. Thanks a lot, Patti!
(She grew up in Washington state, so she loves rain. I was cold and wet.)




So....to continue on with the story, you may wonder what we talk about as we walk each week. We talk about teaching seminary, we talk about church, we talk about reading books, we talk about our kids and grandkids, we talk about random stuff. Here is an example of the weird things we talk about:


A random thought:
Last week Patti was telling me about a friend of hers who is an accomplished musician. That friend always has a soundtrack running in her head. There is always music playing. And the woman has learned that if a hymn is playing in her head, she needs to pay attention because many times the lyrics of the hymn are giving her a message from the Spirit.

I was slightly chagrined at this story, because I seem to have a soundtrack stuck in my head, also. But I don't really think it has anything to do with the Spirit.

For the past three weeks, I have been frustrated because the song "GTO" is stuck in my head. What in the heck is that "wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa" trying to tell me? (Patti didn't have an answer to that.)

GTO (written by John Wilkin)

Little GTO, you're really lookin' fine
Three deuces and a four-speed and a 389
Listen to her tachin' up now, listen to her why-ee-eye-ine
C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO

Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa
(mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO")
Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa
(mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO")
Wa-wa (mixed with "Ahhh, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa

You oughta see her on a road course or a quarter mile
This little modified Pon-Pon has got plenty of style
She beats the gassers and the rail jobs, really drives 'em why-ee-eye-ild
C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO

Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa
(mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO")
Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa
(mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO")
Wa-wa (mixed with "Ahhh, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa

Gonna save all my money (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) and buy a GTO (turnin' it on,
blowin' it out)
Get a helmet and a roll bar (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) and I'll be ready to go
(turnin' it on, blowin' it out)
Take it out to Pomona (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) and let 'em know (turnin' it on,
blowin' it out), yeah, yeah
That I'm the coolest thing around
Little buddy, gonna shut you down
When I turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO

Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa
(mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO")
Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa
(mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTO")
Wa-wa (mixed with "Ahhh, little GTO") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa

[Fade]

(Sung by Ronny and the Daytonas, not the Beach Boys as I had previously believed.)