Sandra's Sunshine

Well, it's been a long time since I've told you a good story, so here you go! My gas station of choice is very small (two pumps -- total of four cars can get gas at one time) and I needed to get gasoline yesterday morning. I'm out in the third position in my blue polka dotted dress, heels, and pearls pumping gasoline with three men at the other pumps. Well, I finish my business first and get back in the car and was putting my debit card and receipt in my billfold and I hear this horn. Well, Mr. Late for Work Builder is facing me in his big truck and actually beeped the horn at me to move! I was over it! Well, when someone is that rude and crass to a woman, he deserves to wait a little longer....not to mention there was another exit out of the parking lot, but he wasn't smart enough to figure it out.....Anyway, while staring at him intently, I adjust my sunglasses, put my smile in place (the kind that says that implies "kiss my butt"), put my wallet in my...

The first time that I heard the name Zenyatta was from a coworker – it wasn’t the album. I had seen The Police in concert when I was in college, but I was more a Doobie Brothers fan. Sting alone is another story – I like his style. Back on task, the coworker told me to watch a horse out of Hollywood Park in California called Zenyatta race because she was going to be “the one to watch”. So I began to watch her races on TVG and HRTV. This was also about the time that I discovered TVG and HRTV on cable, which gave me great enjoyment on the weekends – it just made housework and laundry a lot more enjoyable. It was in 2008 when she won the Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park when I realized that she was no ordinary contender. I’ve never seen a horse run dead last – at a distance, mind you – and make the move in the last turn to win the race down the stretch. She came thundering down the stretch like a freight train hauling the mail. My heart was pounding so hard just watching he...