What's the Buzz?...(Tell Me What's A-happening)

This was a quiet weekend.  My husband was out of town for most of it.  My younger son spent much of his time with his girlfriend who was home from college for the holiday.  I got to see her for a little while too, which was nice.  I've missed her.  My son also worked on his homework and got the grass mowed for me.


What did I do this weekend?  Well, let's see.  I didn't do much out of the ordinary:  bought some groceries, did some laundry, did some cleaning, baked cookies, did a little reading, bought some new walking shoes, talked to my older son on Skype.  It was a quiet, mostly uneventful weekend.  We had some rain off and on and some much cooler temperatures.  It was in the 50's all day today--chilly enough I had to wear jeans instead of shorts and had to wear a sweatshirt hoodie when I went to the store.  


I didn't do much of anything that was worthy of a blog post.  I wanted to post today, though, as it has been a few days since the last one.  I finally decided to try using a random writing prompt generator that I had come across not too long ago to see if it would spark an idea for a blog post for me.  The generator actually is intended for use by school students, so some of the prompts don't really apply to me, but I clicked through a few until I found one I wanted to try.  It was kind of fun.  If you want to try it some time, click here.  The prompt I chose was  "Think of something that happened to you that made you laugh recently and write about it."


I didn't have to think back far to come up with something that happened to me that made me laugh. This morning I was in taking my shower when I suddenly heard a loud buzzing noise in the bathroom somewhere on the other side of my shower curtain.  My first thought was that the buzzing was coming from the overhead ventilation fan.  I assumed that something had gone wrong with it and that it was going to need to be repaired or replaced.  I was annoyed by the buzzing noise, but didn't get out of the shower just to turn off the fan.  After I finished my shower and stepped out, I flipped off the switch for the fan.


I was quite surprised to notice that the buzzing didn't stop when I turned the fan off.  I stood there puzzled for a moment and then decided that it must be the light fixture that was buzzing.  I stepped back from it for a moment wondering if one of the light bulbs was about to explode.  I remembered many years ago when a light bulb exploded in a ceiling light fixture above a friend of mine.  She received a severe cut on her cheek from the glass that rained down on her when it popped.


With one eye watching the light fixture for any signs of an impending explosion, I reached over carefully and flipped the switch to turn off the light.  The fan was turned off. The lights were turned off.  And yet, the buzzing continued.  Well, now, I have to tell you I was beginning to get a little freaked out about this buzzing noise.  For a brief moment, I thought about a co-worker relating a story about a hornet's nest she had accidentally discovered at her house.  I dismissed that thought, though, because this didn't seem like that kind of buzzing.  This buzzing seemed more mechanical or electrical.


I turned the light back on and listened carefully.  The buzzing seemed to be coming from inside the bathroom cabinet.  I cautiously opened the cabinet door and peeked inside, not sure just what I was going to find there.


What I found was my son's electric razor dancing and buzzing away there on the metal shelf.  There must have been enough of a vibration of some sort in the house to jar the little sliding button that turned it on!  


OK, so that wasn't really much of a story, but I did find it amusing how many places my mind jumped to while trying to solve this little mystery.


It served as a little reminder for me as well.  Oftentimes we will hear a little "buzz" of gossip  about someone or something going on around us.  Without really knowing the whole story, our minds will sometimes jump to fill the gaps, making assumptions that may or may not be true.  That dancing razor bouncing around on the metal shelf not only gave me a laugh, it also reminded me that it isn't wise to trust rumors or to try and guess the particulars about a situation if we know only bits and pieces of the story.  Often the conclusions we jump to and the assumptions we make will be false ones.


So how was your weekend?  Did anything funny happen to you?  I hope if it did, that it didn't involve any exploding light bulbs or buzzing hornets' nests!