i have a major fault line in the landscape of my life. when it comes to studying i have honed some pretty fantastic avoidance and procrastination skills. they came about after years and years of looming deadlines and tests to study for in college. i am here at starbucks, sans children, and i am supposed to be studying for a speaking engagement that is happening later this week. if i wasn't blogging, i would find something else to do. but this works for now.
i will also say that i am a little bit flustered. snow is coming, and i am sitting by a window. the only thing missing is christmas and its music. i would like to feel festive and cozy, but i am a bit agitated because not only am i not studying, but a man in the Costco parking lot called me a hippy - it is true. do these things happen to other people?
you are wondering what happened? well, i will tell you.
the lot was full, very full. snow is coming, so people are agitated, you can feel it in the air. so, whilst i am circling calmly looking for a parking spot, i see a car getting ready to leave. i do the customary turn signal and wait. much to my surprise this big truck pulls up right beside me. i think (strange, he must be in a hurry) but no, he was taking my parking spot! hello! what happened to "every thing i needed to know in life i learned in kindergarten"? i was so flabbergasted i actually rolled my window down and said (nicely) "did you not see me waiting there?" and he yelled "WE WERE HERE FIRST! GET A JOB HIPPIE!".
and that is how i got called a hippie in the costco parking lot. and now i cannot possibly study. i am suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.
i think what i will do instead is watch the young family that is being wrangled by their mother who does not notice that they are all kicking each other when her back is turned. thank God, those are not MY children.
just kidding, see my post on comparison for full understanding.
ok, ok, i am studying.
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