My Day
This morning I took the toddler downtown to get an early start on Christmas shopping, but I found myself completely paralyzed by (what Bridget Jones called) the annual Guess The Taste of Others Quiz. I just couldn't get past the fear of guessing wrong; that my mother-in-law would find the black rose-shaped candle holder Satanic rather than classy; that my teenage nieces would find my jewelry choices SO last year. I got close to closing a purchase when I found a really cute baby t-shirt that said "Fuss Pot" for my cousin's baby, but at the last minute, I thought, what if her baby is the only baby that never really fusses? Or what if she thinks it's a criticism? I gave up.
Driving home, I had the radio on a local news station, and the announcer sounded EXACTLY like Ellen Degeneres. It made all the news sound funny, even thought it wasn't, at all. "Oil prices have risen to a record $55 a barrel, and in other economic news, consumer confidence is falling." Oh, that Ellen!
Later, I was at lunch, reading Lester Bangs' reviews of records I've never heard and getting all hot and bothered by the man's writing style when mom called to say that she'd locked her keys in the car. She was at Ryan's and had just gone in to eat, so I called the Toyota dealer and they agreed to just cut a new key for $8. It took a little while for that solution to occur to me. I was thinking we would have to call a locksmith and pay a lot of money, but then I thought of the dealer. So that worked out.
Afterwards, we walked up to Kroger to buy a few things. A woman came up to us in the parking lot, an older woman with long hair and one earring and a benevolent smile. She put her hands on both of us, commented what a pretty day it was, and then cupped my mom's face and said, "You're so pretty!" Mom was quite touched that she been chosen for the compliment. Later, as we were checking out, I saw that woman in the adjacent line tap the young woman in front of her, and say, "You're so pretty!" So then I thought, hey, what about me??
This morning I took the toddler downtown to get an early start on Christmas shopping, but I found myself completely paralyzed by (what Bridget Jones called) the annual Guess The Taste of Others Quiz. I just couldn't get past the fear of guessing wrong; that my mother-in-law would find the black rose-shaped candle holder Satanic rather than classy; that my teenage nieces would find my jewelry choices SO last year. I got close to closing a purchase when I found a really cute baby t-shirt that said "Fuss Pot" for my cousin's baby, but at the last minute, I thought, what if her baby is the only baby that never really fusses? Or what if she thinks it's a criticism? I gave up.
Driving home, I had the radio on a local news station, and the announcer sounded EXACTLY like Ellen Degeneres. It made all the news sound funny, even thought it wasn't, at all. "Oil prices have risen to a record $55 a barrel, and in other economic news, consumer confidence is falling." Oh, that Ellen!
Later, I was at lunch, reading Lester Bangs' reviews of records I've never heard and getting all hot and bothered by the man's writing style when mom called to say that she'd locked her keys in the car. She was at Ryan's and had just gone in to eat, so I called the Toyota dealer and they agreed to just cut a new key for $8. It took a little while for that solution to occur to me. I was thinking we would have to call a locksmith and pay a lot of money, but then I thought of the dealer. So that worked out.
Afterwards, we walked up to Kroger to buy a few things. A woman came up to us in the parking lot, an older woman with long hair and one earring and a benevolent smile. She put her hands on both of us, commented what a pretty day it was, and then cupped my mom's face and said, "You're so pretty!" Mom was quite touched that she been chosen for the compliment. Later, as we were checking out, I saw that woman in the adjacent line tap the young woman in front of her, and say, "You're so pretty!" So then I thought, hey, what about me??
posted by Nancy at 11/13/2004 05:34:00 PM
2 Comments:
tap, tap
You're so pretty!
What about you? You are SO PRETTY! And have been, as long as I've known you!
mikey
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