Genesis 29 (Something Kinda Odd)

I'm always on the lookout for something weird and peculiar.
So imagine my surprise this morning when I saw a bike rider.
Let me put some context to this.
Otherwise there is no real oddity.
It was a tad chilly this morning.
So chilly, the frost on the door of the ute needed water poured on it to open.
Grrr.
By the time I arrived in town it was still 1 or 2 degrees.
I stopped at the lights.
And then I saw him.
He was wearing a thick beanie.
A scarf.
A fleecy jacket.
It looked like woolen gloves.
As he waited for the lights to change, he looked ready to keel over from frost bite.
He was shivering and obviously wasn't enjoying the morning.
Fair enough I thought it is a bit cold to be riding today.
The lights changed and he pushed off.
Then I noticed the cause of his golly-it's-cold look.
He was wearing those old style short short footie shorts.........
and thongs.
I can only imagine his thought process as he got ready to go for a ride.
Actually no I can't.
Perhaps he expected the warmth to extend downwards from his head as he rode.
Maybe the bits that move the most don't need to be weighed down with cosy warmth inducing coverings.
Could he have started dressing from the top down and got absent minded half way through?
Did he leave thinking "What have I forgotten? What have I forgotten?"
Then enter the world of wind chill.
Don't know.
But gee it was odd.
It's little sights like that, that make the day worthwhile.
I also stopped feeling cold.
Another odd thing.

Genesis 29
Initially all I can think of is it must have been either a really good kiss OR a
really bad kiss.

v11" Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud."

Never having done the kiss and cry thing, I can only imagine how sort of off putting it could be as well. It's not like they had braces that could have locked or anything painful.
Jacob must have just been really happy.

Leah is referred to as having "weak eyes".
I guess Laban was hoping Jacob did as well when he gave Leah as his bride instead of Rachel.

v25 "And in the morning, behold, it was Leah!"

I think that was the best way to write Jacob's real response

v25 "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!"

Again though a pattern is revealed after Rachel is finally wedded.
God makes her barren.
Sarah.
Rebekah.
Now Rachel.

Another point of interest I found was that Jacob hated Leah.
Such an extreme feeling to be documented.
Not dislike.
Not was annoyed by.
Hated.
Misplaced?
Perhaps.
Interesting.
I think so.