My Pre-Thanksgiving event.....part 1

Oh, some things should be so easy, but then there is reality. My reality.
I run like a madwoman to leave my house in time to meet up with girlfriends on the East coast.
We are to meet at a bar/restaurant near the stadium to see Madonna.
I am 10 minutes late and am freaking out. I loathe to be late. I loathe to make people wait for me.
I call the friends...."Oh, we are stuck in horrible traffic. We are running really late."
An hour later...." we got lost. We are still going to be another 45 minutes. "
I am thinking to myself, I could have had a NAP. OR I could have done some pre-thanksgiving cooking, darnit.
At this point, I have eaten an entire bag of dirty chips. (Soon to find out this is MY DINNER)
I have been approached by a very large man who only wanted to say: "happy holidays and by the way, he is down on his luck". Yes, I am sitting alone in my car in a parking lot.
I decide to go into bar and have a glass of wine.
Friends who are picking me up, are driving us to the stadium and I will have hours before I have to drive again.
I am completely uncomfortable in a bar. by myself. I sit at the bar. I realize every person in this bar knows each other. and the bartender. they are all bff's. awkward.
I order a glass of wine.
A few moments later a small, older man approaches me. He came from about 6 bar stools down. I am ready for him to 1) hit on me or 2) ask for money.
He does neither.
Herein lies the best sentence/phrase in the history of the world.
I bet a million bucks that NO ONE has had this said to them before. It is forever etched into my brain.....
He says to me:
"Excuse me miss, but you look like you can read"

It took a second for me to digest this information.
I say, why yes, I can read. ( I may have puffed up my chest too, not sure)
......I am so proud to say this out loud, finally some of those school skills are paying off.
He then hands me his bar tab and asks what the total is.
I tell him $9.53.
He thanks me and proceeds to walk back to his bar stool.

Many thoughts are running through my brain now.
1)Wow, I look smart.
2)Wow, all the people between he and I look dumb.
3)Wow, he did not even need me to read words, just numbers.
4)Wow, why the hey am I sitting in a bar by myself the night before Thanksgiving.

Oh, to gather my thoughts for part 2 include
crazy friend of a friend/driver & the police, the seat moocher, and coming home at 3:10 Am