Every day I wait in a long carpool line to pick Natalie up from school. I usually sit there for about 15 minutes before the line begins to move. I get bored....really bored. I don't have a cool phone to make posts on Facebook, and I don't bring a book, because Eliah would never let me read. So, we sit and listen to the same cd over and over again.
When the weather is nice, I open up the moon roof and both sliding doors on the mini-van, so Eliah gets a great cross breeze as he sits in his wheelchair. Parents in the other carpool lanes like to see Eliah's big smile as they drive past.
Each day, in my boredom, I discover new things. There's always a woman that gets out of her car to talk to other mothers. There's always a woman that jumps out of her van to open her back door to yell at her other children. There's always someone that gets caught up texting or reading and holds up the line because they aren't paying attention. Today was special though.
There is a woman that is responsible for calling out the numbers off everyone's cars. This way, they can have your child ready and waiting when you pull up. I arrived a few minutes early, so that I could be closer to the front of the line. And this woman was walking down the line, writing down the numbers on the cars.
She had a large mircophone tucked into the top of her pants. When she passed me, I laughed and yelled out, "Hey...Is that a microphone in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?". Man, I crack myself up. What I didn't expect was her response. She started to strut, then grabbed the microphone inappropriately and started saying, "Yeah.....baby". She was REALLY into it. Hahahaha. Well, that's just wrong... I think it wouldn't have shocked me if I had actually known her, or ever spoken a single word, or if Eliah wasn't staring out of the open van door at her.
The funny part was that as she was doing her "show", Eliah pressed his "Pick up Lines" button on his wheelchair, and the recording said, "Have you been arrested before? Because I believe it's a felony to look THAT good!". How appropriate.
Anyway, I guess I need to be prepared for the response I'm going to get when I start a conversation with "Is that a ____ in your pocket?" Lesson learned.
When the weather is nice, I open up the moon roof and both sliding doors on the mini-van, so Eliah gets a great cross breeze as he sits in his wheelchair. Parents in the other carpool lanes like to see Eliah's big smile as they drive past.
Each day, in my boredom, I discover new things. There's always a woman that gets out of her car to talk to other mothers. There's always a woman that jumps out of her van to open her back door to yell at her other children. There's always someone that gets caught up texting or reading and holds up the line because they aren't paying attention. Today was special though.
There is a woman that is responsible for calling out the numbers off everyone's cars. This way, they can have your child ready and waiting when you pull up. I arrived a few minutes early, so that I could be closer to the front of the line. And this woman was walking down the line, writing down the numbers on the cars.
She had a large mircophone tucked into the top of her pants. When she passed me, I laughed and yelled out, "Hey...Is that a microphone in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?". Man, I crack myself up. What I didn't expect was her response. She started to strut, then grabbed the microphone inappropriately and started saying, "Yeah.....baby". She was REALLY into it. Hahahaha. Well, that's just wrong... I think it wouldn't have shocked me if I had actually known her, or ever spoken a single word, or if Eliah wasn't staring out of the open van door at her.
The funny part was that as she was doing her "show", Eliah pressed his "Pick up Lines" button on his wheelchair, and the recording said, "Have you been arrested before? Because I believe it's a felony to look THAT good!". How appropriate.
Anyway, I guess I need to be prepared for the response I'm going to get when I start a conversation with "Is that a ____ in your pocket?" Lesson learned.
You started it! ;)
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