A Lesson from Turbo Man

Back in the 1990s there was a movie called Jingle All the Way. The main character's son was infactuated (sp) with a superhero called Turbo Man and thus shared Turbo Man's philosophies with everyone he encountered. One of the lessons he shared during that movie was "always keep your promises if you want to keep your friends."

I recently quoted this on my Facebook page after one disappoint after the other with Valentine. Thankfully, I remembered this philosophy this week as I started navigating the territory from being a casual conversationalist with the twin towers to friends.

This meant searching and combing through my kitchen cabinet to find a decent Tupperware container for TT1 to carry around his protein shake mix. When he missed working out on Monday, I gave the container to TT2 who then requested his own. So of course last night I once again found another container that I figured my mom wouldn't miss (I'm sure if she knew what I was using it for, she'd approve anyway) and provided him with his own container. WHICH matched the magazine that I saved for him because it had an article about Vegas hotels and he's going to Vegas for work on Friday.

As it turns out they were both grateful for my generosity. TT1 sent a typed and stapled note via TT2 thanking me for his container and wishing me the best of luck in the future. He also said he requested that TT2 give me a hug and another thank you since he couldn't be there (he's in Mexico getting things prepared for his wedding in July and will be in training on Monday which is my last day).

I informed TT2 I'd send another typed and stapled note to TT1 on Monday so he promised to make his workout regardless of his travel or work schedule.

Because we talked more than usual today (almost 30 minutes -including during my workout) I was able to naturally slip in my request for tennis lessons and we exchanged numbers. I was also able to provide him directions to his training tomorrow since my sister works exactly where his training will be. Things are looking up!!