So, yesterday the kids and I ventured out to Target. Luke had been under the weather, but I admittedly am no good at all at staying in the house all day. I knew a lot of playing was out of the question for him, and Sissy needed a new swimsuit, so we chose to go to Target!
I popped Lyle in the front-packer, put Luke in the buggy and in we went. We ran into (seriously) like four people we knew in Target. So, what normally would take us an hour, took two, which was great. We saw friends, bought swimsuits, nightgowns, shoes and groceries. (Target: the one-stop wonder! I really should have my own wing there.)
The kids both did great - never gave me a problem at all. So I decided to take them down to Panera for lunch. (Who am I kidding? They ate chips the whole way through Target. They weren’t hungry. I decided to take Mommy to Panera, who currently has my favorite salad, and the kids were just eye candy and good company.)
Well, I knew I was pushing my luck. It was past noon by now. Lunch is at 11:00 at our house and nap is usually around 12:30. But off we went. Momma was hungry! I decided to pack all the Target goods, groceries and all, into the car, and we would walk down to Panera. (I have one of those “cool bags” that keeps your groceries cold, which I highly recommend to any mommy with more than one child, because if you can’t get to the unloading of the groceries immediately when you get home, they can wait.) Anyway, we make it to Panera where we run into yet another friend, which I have not seen in YEARS! I was very excited to catch up!
We went to order our food, where there was surprisingly no line. I was so happy that this ordering thing would be short and sweet, and we could get back to the table, get the kids all set up and start gabbing away. So, I am not kidding, there were FIVE people behind the counter at Panera, shuffling back and forth, back and forth. They would glance over at us and go about their business. Well, I was a little anxious to get these kids at the table. Lyla had been in the front-packer, killing my back, for over two hours, and I was just thankful Luke had made it all the way down to Panera without darting out into the parking lot. I knew my time was limited, and my luck could run out with the corresponding exceptional behavior of these two at any minute.
So, I give a (bitchy) look in the direction of the other side of the counter and say, not even remotely under my breath, “Are we invisible here? What is the deal??!”
Ummmm….I forgot my pivotal pause. Apparently, that was a trigger moment for me. Ohhhhhh….me and my patience, or lack thereof!
They happily (yea right) came to take our order. I was really nice because I always am (well...), and because I felt just terrible! I really did. I was that bitchy lady at Panera!! It was as if I was pregnant again!
We went to our table, got it together with the generous help of my friend who is the awesome mother of four (yes, four!), and started gabbing away mindlessly. And then…the nicest thing. One of the employees to whom I was so mean, came over to our table, placed a big, fat, round M&M cookie (that just happens to be my Little Man’s fave)on the edge of our table and said, “Here you go ma’am. That’s so you know you’re never invisible to us.”
Okay, hole in the ground….could you please open up and swallow me now?? OMG! Uh, yea. I felt terrible. I felt so terrible. I must have said thank you 10 times. The crappy thing is: I never said I was sorry. He knew I meant it. But I never said it out loud. Not my finest moment at the Panera Bread yesterday.
All this to say, I am sooooooooooo glad my kids were too little to realize what a loser their Mommy was yesterday. Gosh! Having kids kinda makes you realize how flawed you are, huh? After 30-something years of thinking I was the shizzle….not so much! LOL!
Okay. Note to self: Be nice!!!!!!!!!!
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