“I stood on the street corner, holding a red balloon. I’m not sure how long I stood there, but long enough for a man in a passing car to yell, “Are you ok?” as he sat at the adjacent red light. I guess it’s not every day you see a grown woman standing on the side of the road, staring at a balloon as it is were an oracle. I wanted to shout back, “Excuse me, sir, but this balloon has the answer to the rest of my life!”.