Okay, first off let me start by saying I really hope that the "mom" I am referring to is actually the mom of these children, because if someone has entrusted there care in this woman.....
I need to explain the "rules" at my children's school in order for you to get the picture on just how awful this mom is. They started a new thing at the school which is called the looper line. I personally think this is great. Basically the line starts in front of the school and loops around to a designated street.
In the morning you pull up right in front of the school, there is an adult there to help get your children out of the car, if needed, and then ensures that they all make it into school safe, so that the parents do not have to get out of the car, all the while trying to fight over parking spots and such. In the afternoon, you get into line and then the first five spots have teachers at them, you have a number in your car, pull up and have your children put into the car for you! Great, huh?!?!
Well, many parents have decided that they don't like this. Even though it was put into place to ensure the safety of their children. So, what do these parents do?? Break the rules! What great role models! Anyways, this particular "mom", parks on the same corner of a side street everyday and waits for her "children" to cross the street and get themselves in the car. One of the "children" looks as though she can't be older than kindergarten, first grade at most. This past week alone, I have watched this tiny girl try to maneuver between 3 and 4 feet drifts of snow, where the plows have pushed it up the side of the road, fall on her face, get stuck and almost get hit by a car, all while her "mom" points and yells at her from INSIDE her car, while on her cell phone!
Seriously, you lazy bitch! If you thought all of that was bad, the other day took the cake. First, the little girl get stuck in the snow and someone else's mom had to go and help her out, then her sister (I'm assuming) gets in the passenger seat before the little girl makes it in front of the car, so what does her "mom" do??? Starts driving forward while the little girl is in front of her car, thankfully she jumps back and hits the car, and finally she tries to open the side door, which appears to be stuck, while the "mom" is yelling at her from inside the car. Really classy there lady!
Thank goodness my children were waiting in line a little ways up and could not see me, because they for sure would have been embarrassed when I opened my car door in a pair of boxers, with completely unshaven legs, one shoe one, one shoe off (due to my surgery), in an over sized sweatshirt, hair sticking out in every direction, screaming at this women. Oh dear, I'm sure I looked like a crazy woman, and I would have done what I really wanted to that would have sealed the deal on my look!
As she drove away with her confused look on her face because she apparently is as clueless as I thought she was, it felt good to finally say something to her, and it felt even better when I had a couple of parents yell out the their window it's about time someone put that bitch in her place. But unfortunately, I'm sure that same clueless "mom" is going to do the same thing tomorrow and the day after.
I guess the next time I will have to show just what a crazy woman can do ( =
Oh, and what takes the cake with this woman, is that she is not some young "mom" by any means, she looks older than me, by a few years, and most certainly should know better!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
People we see.....
What got me started on wanting to try the whole "blogging" thing, is people that I come into contact with. Particularly those in my neighborhood.....
When the weather is nice I love to walk Katelynn and Evan to school while pushing Madelynn in the stroller. It is so nice to take in the sights and sounds of our neighborhood that we don't always notice when driving in the car. This school year Katelynn and Evan were to start at a new school, so getting a whole new view of the neighborhood was exciting to me! It is just over a mile walk both ways, so needless to say the "taking in of the neighborhood" usually happens on the walk home, because we are always rushing to get to school in the morning. One of the days I will become organized and be on time for everything, but that is for a whole other post.....
After about a week I began to notice a few people that I would constantly come in contact with on my walk. Mainly, an elderly gentleman and who I am assuming is his wife and two other elderly gentlemen out walking their dogs. Everyday we would wave and exchange the occassional, "Hi!" "How are you?" And for some reason I always looked forward to these meetings. Never anything more than wave and a few words, but nice just the same.
Well, as we all know living in the great State of Ohio, as the school years progresses so does the lovely weather of ours. And as the weather gets worse our walks become far and few between, until they are non-existent until sunny days of spring are upon us.
I still often think of "friends" I have made my during my morning walks and especially now more than ever. You see, although my walks have ceased because of the weather, their walks still continue on, at the same time, every morning.... but there are a few changes.... The elderly gentleman who walked with his wife, now walks alone. Is it because she is sick, the weather is too cold, or she has passed on?? The two elderly gentlemen with their dogs ... there is now only one, whom I see from my kitchen window every morning. The same questions linger with them, did his "friend" get ill, did his dog pass away, or did he? These are questions that I may never know the answers to, but will often ponder as I wait for the sunny days of spring to come upon us.
And maybe, just maybe, instead of passing by with a way and hi, I will stop and talk to my new "friends" if even just for a minute.
When the weather is nice I love to walk Katelynn and Evan to school while pushing Madelynn in the stroller. It is so nice to take in the sights and sounds of our neighborhood that we don't always notice when driving in the car. This school year Katelynn and Evan were to start at a new school, so getting a whole new view of the neighborhood was exciting to me! It is just over a mile walk both ways, so needless to say the "taking in of the neighborhood" usually happens on the walk home, because we are always rushing to get to school in the morning. One of the days I will become organized and be on time for everything, but that is for a whole other post.....
After about a week I began to notice a few people that I would constantly come in contact with on my walk. Mainly, an elderly gentleman and who I am assuming is his wife and two other elderly gentlemen out walking their dogs. Everyday we would wave and exchange the occassional, "Hi!" "How are you?" And for some reason I always looked forward to these meetings. Never anything more than wave and a few words, but nice just the same.
Well, as we all know living in the great State of Ohio, as the school years progresses so does the lovely weather of ours. And as the weather gets worse our walks become far and few between, until they are non-existent until sunny days of spring are upon us.
I still often think of "friends" I have made my during my morning walks and especially now more than ever. You see, although my walks have ceased because of the weather, their walks still continue on, at the same time, every morning.... but there are a few changes.... The elderly gentleman who walked with his wife, now walks alone. Is it because she is sick, the weather is too cold, or she has passed on?? The two elderly gentlemen with their dogs ... there is now only one, whom I see from my kitchen window every morning. The same questions linger with them, did his "friend" get ill, did his dog pass away, or did he? These are questions that I may never know the answers to, but will often ponder as I wait for the sunny days of spring to come upon us.
And maybe, just maybe, instead of passing by with a way and hi, I will stop and talk to my new "friends" if even just for a minute.
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