Smacked Upside the Head
I am having a DAY. First I burst into tears in Jane's school parking lot because some woman yelled at me. Then Ana woke up with a fever so I took her to the doctor and she has strep. Next, on the way home, she THREW UP in my car--which I think I have to sell now. So then I was standing in CVS getting her prescription filled and I got one of THOSE migraines, which explains the crying because someone yelled at me in traffic--since it happens every day up here.
And oh look, it's raining again.
There's more to this story, of course, like the fact that the woman who yelled at me in the parking lot did so because I almost hit her child with my van. But see, I was watching the little girl and she was bouncing all around and I knew she was about to bounce in front of my car so I was INCHING forward. I was doing the RIGHT thing. But you know, if someone almost hit my kid with a car, I think I'd probably yell, too. The look that little girl gave me, my gosh, it just froze my blood.
Or like the fact that I got home from taking Jane and crying and the three Southern men in life, my FIL and BIL and husband, were all standing there, not quite knowing what to say to a woman who is WEEPING ABOUT A TRAFFIC ALTERCATION. And I was all embarrassed and my husband was holding me and I said, "I feel like I'm in trouble all the time up here." And so Coop told me that a woman in the pet store parking lot had been so rude and abusive to him and clearly in the wrong that he actually called her a NAME and walked away. And this is my husband, one of the most chivalrous men I've ever known. He said, "It hurt my feelings when she yelled at me. I understand." I guess that sums it up--I got my feelings hurt and I cried. Because I'm all mature like that.
Another lovely little shading to the morning is that Ana cries a LOT about going to school. (She's not a morning person. Which is sort of like saying HITLER wasn't so much a People Person.) So Coop and I were getting all Tough Love on her this morning and talking to her about how sometimes she just needs to SUCK IT UP. Sometimes she needs to just put some fuel in her body, and get dressed and GO TO SCHOOL.
And then it turns out that she's not only really sick, she's REALLY sick. Because that's how it is in our family--we are always filled with the right resolve at exactly the wrong time.
I was just about to say that I need a Do-Over on today when I got two more Joy Rush Lists:
Texas Peach
Tiny Tyrant
AND the sun came out.
And oh look, it's raining again.
There's more to this story, of course, like the fact that the woman who yelled at me in the parking lot did so because I almost hit her child with my van. But see, I was watching the little girl and she was bouncing all around and I knew she was about to bounce in front of my car so I was INCHING forward. I was doing the RIGHT thing. But you know, if someone almost hit my kid with a car, I think I'd probably yell, too. The look that little girl gave me, my gosh, it just froze my blood.
Or like the fact that I got home from taking Jane and crying and the three Southern men in life, my FIL and BIL and husband, were all standing there, not quite knowing what to say to a woman who is WEEPING ABOUT A TRAFFIC ALTERCATION. And I was all embarrassed and my husband was holding me and I said, "I feel like I'm in trouble all the time up here." And so Coop told me that a woman in the pet store parking lot had been so rude and abusive to him and clearly in the wrong that he actually called her a NAME and walked away. And this is my husband, one of the most chivalrous men I've ever known. He said, "It hurt my feelings when she yelled at me. I understand." I guess that sums it up--I got my feelings hurt and I cried. Because I'm all mature like that.
Another lovely little shading to the morning is that Ana cries a LOT about going to school. (She's not a morning person. Which is sort of like saying HITLER wasn't so much a People Person.) So Coop and I were getting all Tough Love on her this morning and talking to her about how sometimes she just needs to SUCK IT UP. Sometimes she needs to just put some fuel in her body, and get dressed and GO TO SCHOOL.
And then it turns out that she's not only really sick, she's REALLY sick. Because that's how it is in our family--we are always filled with the right resolve at exactly the wrong time.
I was just about to say that I need a Do-Over on today when I got two more Joy Rush Lists:
Texas Peach
Tiny Tyrant
AND the sun came out.
Comments
And then thankfully, it's 7:30 and I get to leave (and I usually cry on my way to the streetcar).
Go easy on yourself there my friend.
And it sounds like maybe that mom should take a chill pill and teach her kid how to move through an area where there are moving vehicles.
Glad the sun came out today and you don't have to wait til tomorrow!
You were being careful, the other mother needs to monitor her kid better.
Hope Ana feels better soon.
And I agree...you were doing the right thing in the parking lot. Our school lot is atrocious. I am always going slowly because no one ever looks. My preschool lot is even worse then the elementary one. I have seen so many parents just throw their cars into reverse and not even look. You'll slowly get used to the NY way of doing things...just like it is taking me forever to learn the Austin way of doing things. 7 years and I am still learning!
I was always the same way with my kids...suck it up and get to school...I always felt guilty when they were really sick. They got over it and so will Ana.
Go read a homeschool catalog for a while and then try that comment again.
No wonder the mother yelled at you.
And dear anonymous...shut it or I'll shut it for you.
I was just trying to make Barb laugh - I would never leave a mean comment!
Now, can we get back to bashing the anonymous MoFo? Because that was REALLY mean!
How was that?