A Black Hole of Happiness

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by dtb
So my youngest boy is going to this little nature camp thing at the Audubon Center in my area. They go and catch frogs, look for bugs, and whatever.

On the first day, I notice that one of the mothers seems to be attending the camp, too, but sitting on the outskirts of the group. I bid the offspring goodbye and go home to do some weedin'!

When I pick up said offspring, the counselors inform me that he's a bit exuberant for the group, so I'm going to need to stay each day to make sure he doesn't get into too much trouble. Swell.

So this other mother and I kind of sit on the edges of the action and intervene as necessary. She's a very attractive blonde woman -- attractive in a wholesome way and sort of keeps to herself. [Brief aside -- in one of our conversations, she reveals that she is home schooling her child, but I can't quite write her off as a nutjob, because she seems pretty normal -- and she also looks verrrrrry familiar to me.]

Other-mother looks so familiar to me, that I check the sign out sheet to see if I recognize her name. It's Jennifer something-or-other (no bells go off) and I decide it's just another case of not quite remembering how I know someone. But it's really bothering me. Today, I almost asked her if she's an actress, because everything about her is so familiar -- her voice, her face, her demeanor -- but I just am not recognizing her. Thank god I didn't ask her. Instead, I invite her child for a play date. We're on.

On the drive home, it finally dawns on me!! She's ELIZABETH BENNET FROM THE A&E VERSION OF PRIDE & PREJUDICE!!!! OK, she's been in other stuff too, but PRIDE & PREJUDICE!!! She's Mr. Darcy's former girlfriend!!!

Suddenly, everything clicks into place and things she's told me remind me of details that I've read about her (e.g., her being from North Carolina).

Elizabeth Bennet is coming to my house!!!


(She wears a brown wig in P&P.)

I thought that she was one of the most beautiful women I'd ever seen when I saw her in Possession.