Surviving the Domestic Jungle

So far today has been pretty interesting! I started my adventures by heading to Barnes and Nobles to buy this Live Butterfly Garden kit that Avery has seen on TV and has been begging for.

So we get to Barnes and Nobles and we find the kit and then head to the children’s section where Hailey loves to run free and see all of her favorite TV character’s in books. They both love it. Well, Avery was turning this rack and about 10 books flew off of it. She was very upset to have made that many books fall and looked like she was about to cry so as I am headed over her to help her clean it up, this Barnes and Nobles worker says “Oh come on!” in a very aggravated voice. I could not believe it! First of all, Avery is very respectful of books and other peoples things. Second of all, you work in a book store! Isn’t your job to put books up? And if you have such an attitude about kids accidentally spilling books, Why the heck do you work in the kids section?! I of course was going to make sure all the books were put back properly but I was so offended that this woman had that attitude. I almost went and said something but I was too angry to sound like a rational human being so I let it go. I am a member and have a membership card! I shop at Barnes and Nobles all the time!! I just felt like that woman was so rude. Oh well, we still had fun and bought our Butterfly Garden and life goes on.

After the “incident” at Barnes and Nobles, we headed to our grocery store to get Seventh Generation diapers and as we were about to check out, all the registers quit working. I’m not sure of the reasoning but things like that are a very scary reminder of how fragile our world is because of computers. All these people kept lining up and waiting and most people kept their cool which is good because some people go nuts if the lines go too slow. Ever been behind “That person” that is breathing all deep and looking around and getting impatient because the loaf of bread you are buying is taking too long and screwing up his ever important time schedule? Settle down people! Its groceries and unless you are buying all ice cream then relax!! Well, the employees there were nice enough to hand out cookies and water to everyone which obviously worked because it is a proven fact that cookies make everything better!! The people were happy, my girls were happy and I was happy to get home before it started to rain! It has been one of those days! Crazy yet always interesting!