Atypical

As I walked in the door from my evening out (making and eating dumplings, yum!) my parents turned me around and we headed out to Safeway for a late night ice cream run. Ben and Jerry's Cake Batter. I don't share.

While going through the checkout line, our cashier was a friendly gentleman named Pat. He recognized my parents as they frequent the grocery store around the corner from our house. My mother introduced me as her daughter and it came up that I was a student working on my masters degree.

"Oh? What are you getting your degree in?" he inquired.

"Applied Mathematics," was my response.

I watched him closely expecting the typical reaction of a blank stare and a comment about how I must be crazy. It didn't come. Instead he smiled, and turned back to my mother saying, "Whoa, you better watch out some guy is going to snatch her up and marry her!"

I like Pat. I think I'll introduce him to a few of my friends in the singles ward.