Home Sweet Home

Lisa's Blog
14 Comments

Every Monday morning I think, “I can’t believe another week has come!”  I roll out of bed and start trying to force my brain to remember what it is that I have to do this week.  Orthodontist, groceries, school, chores….all rolled into one giant ball of stuff to do.

Last week the girls and I had a mah-velous time at the One Year Adventure Novel writer’s workshop.  They are all three inspired to become better writers and keep practicing.  Myself, I spent the week holed up in the hotel room working.  I got caught up on a bunch of little things that had been bugging me for a while.  I didn’t get it all done, but let’s be honest.  I never do.  I tend to be overly ambitious about what I can get done in a short period of time.

One night I decided my eyes were glazing over from staring at the computer screen, so I would go get myself some dinner at the Chipotle that had been calling me from across the highway.  I could see it out my hotel window and could resist no longer.  I needed to stretch anyway.  When I walked in there was a line of people, so I stood there behind a man with a couple of kids when a woman came in and stood behind me.  She was talking on her phone and her language was filthy.  Swearing and gossip came spilling out over and over.  I decided I didn’t want to get involved and kept my head low, pretending to be reading something on my phone.  The man in front of me finally turned around and asked her to please talk more quietly (pointing to his children).  Well, let me tell you, that rude telephone lady starts screaming obscenities at him and shocked us all.  Swearing, asking him who does he think he is, etc.  Then she said something no one could believe….the thing that made me get involved, “Why don’t you and this fat cow (meaning me) just mind your own &%$*# business?!”  Oh no she did NOT just say that to me.

I turned around slowly and looked her in the eye.  The whole place was E.F. Hutton silent for just a second.  I always stop myself in moments like this.  I was keenly aware that my response would be heard by everyone, so I didn’t want to do anything that would add to the situation.  I just said, “I think you may be the rudest person I have ever seen,” and turned back around smiling at the 2 kids in front of me and told them that I feel sorry for people like her.  Then she called me more names and that’s when the man in front of me stepped in and it got worse.  That nasty woman was screaming words I never heard, but I’m sure they aren’t nice.  By then the manager came over and told the lady to leave, which caused the whole place to erupt in applause.

“And that,” I thought, “Is what I get for trying to leave the hotel room.”  No more of that thankyouverymuch.  I’ll just stay in the room and eat the nasty Vienna sausage we brought just in case.

The trip seemed to end as quickly as it began and on Saturday we made the 13+ hour drive back home.

Isn’t it weird when you get home from a trip?  In 5 minutes it’s as if you were never gone.  I’m thrust right back into figuring out what we’re going to have for dinner.  Goodbye quiet hotel room, hello houseful of kids.

I do love it.  The kids, I mean.  Not figuring out what to have for dinner.  I do not love that.

On Sunday morning I waited to hear Levi awake then went into his room and grabbed him up and said, “Levi!  I missed you SO much!!,” smothering him.  He just pushed me away and said, “Mommy, I thought you weren’t coming home until tomorrow.  I was going to watch a movie today.”

And that’s it folks.  Back to normal.

Monday morning and I’m sitting here looking at the week’s calendar and glad to be home.

What did you do last week/weekend?

14 Comments

    1. Becky, I can’t tell them everything. LOL!

      But I can’t keep it in much longer. I can’t even think about all that I have to do to be ready to fly out of here Friday and meet you in person.

      Finally! Lisa~

    1. Deanne, I know right? It’s like I am a magnet for this stuff. But it really didn’t bother me. It was her problem, not mine. 🙂 Lisa~

  3. Good for you!! First of all, you are sooo not a cow and who even thinks it’s ok to say that?!?! Second of all, Chipotle might have been worth it… seriously my most fave place ever!! And really amazing of you to calm yourself before speaking… those kids got such a great lesson from you!!

    1. Leila, You said it…Chipotle was worth it. It’s one of my favorite places too. Besides being delicious, it lasts for 2 meals so I ate it again the next night. Yum!

      The comment she made didn’t upset me at all, but thanks for making sure I know how wrong she was. I didn’t think of it as the words she chose but her heart.

      Going out the door she was shouting, “Don’t you know who I am?!” which made me wonder if she was some local celebrity and that had caused her to become too full of her own importance.

      Thanks for jumping in….you’re sweet. Lisa~

  4. That lady is in need of a good whoopin! Yikes! How rude!

    I was busy all week as usual, but I can’t remember with what exactly except I went and did some buying for the store and also worked in the store on Wednesday. I cooked alot, too. These people like to eat.

    Glad your home….I see you are headed out again soon! Can’t wait to hear all about it.

    1. Deanna, those weeks when we’re busy with nothing to say for it…..ugh! I have too many of those. I mean, what am I supposed to say? I made sandwiches and swept floors? It’s not that exciting around here either. Lisa~

  5. Oh.My.Word. Wow. That is crazy!! You were so gracious and wise in your response to her attack. I might wouldve went to jail bc I might would have whacked her;) People can be so hateful. I was behind a lady in a drive through last week who had to step out of her car to clean up some mess in the back seat. I was in no hurry and I just smiled at her and actually said a prayer for her bc she looked tired and aggravste. She jumped back into her car but stuck her head out her window and yelled the b word at me. And my kiddos heard. Then I really prayed for her and it took a lot not to ask the Lord to let a house fall on her;)
    Amy

    1. Oh Amy! I have something similar happen to me in a drive through about a month ago. People waste so much energy getting upset over nothing. I am sorry your kids had to hear swearing. That’s awful.

      You crack me up with the house falling comment! Hilarious. Lisa~

  6. oh Lisa, that story started off so good … I was right there with you on the whole each new week thing … where do the days go. But your trip to Chipotle, oh my I am so sorry for all that were involved. Glad to hear you’re back home though!

  7. Lisa – I am so glad you did say something to that woman in the way you did. Little children need positive ways to handle conflict and those children received a nice lesson from you. Too bad this woman had to take it to the next level that was just terrible. I am glad the store manager asked her to leave.

    I had Girl Scout Twilight Camp all week so was very busy since I worked each day too! But it was a good tiring week, I loved every minute of it.

    Have a great week!

  8. Wow! What a sad life that lady must live. A life without Christ – truly wasted. And I don’t care what ugly names she called you…you’re beautiful!
    Love Levi’s response…I have a few like that. They want me to stay gone longer when there is a sitter here (usually one of their cousins).

    1. Thanks Charity. Thankfully I didn’t absorb what she said and the man in front of me was very nice about it also. I appreciated being stood up for. I really did feel sorry for her though.

      And yes, I am leaving this weekend again and Levi is really excited about it. He has lots of plans to watch movies. LOL! Lisa~

Comments are closed.