Mondane Monday Musings

~ Target can be an eventful place - not just in dollars spent and items bought - but in people interaction and individual actions. Last week, the whole Day family went to Target. I'm not sure why we decided that was a good idea, but we did. We call it "family bonding time" when it's real name is "family spending way too much money time." Anyway, I had arrived at the freezer section because I needed to purchase some frozen juice that Little A likes. There's a very slight, slightly gray-haired man in a very formal business suit perusing the frozen juice. So I politely park my cart a short distance behind him and wait. There is one one doorful of frozen juice in Target so there was no other glass door I could open.

To put this story into written words is going to be hard..if not impossible, but I'll try.

Slight suit Juice man would open up the door, grab one can of juice, read it over, roll it around in his hands, read it again, hesitantly open the door to put it back, appear to think about the juice again, put it in the freezer, and start all over. Over and over again. Meanwhile, another lady and her husband pulled up behind me waiting for the frozen juice door.

Yes folks...there was a line for the frozen juice in Target.

Said slight suit Juice man finally appears to decide on one can of juice. He confidantly grasps the juice, closes the door and looks away. I move in...until he pauses, looks at the can and decides, "Nope...I don't think this is ideal," and he starts all over again. At this point, I look at the lady behind me and we both give the "OMG WTF" looks at each other (that means Ohmigosh What the French, okay?) I kinda start giggling. In the meantime, D walks up with a can of something or other, sees a sign for a scanner and starts jabbing his can against ...the sign for a scanner, as the scanner was not there. I kinda missed this as I was so focused on Slight Suit Juice Man but apparently he tried to "scan" a can against a plastic sign and tried a few times before realizing the scanner was missing.

As an aside - this story was HYSTERICAL to me when I finally thought about it, but I was so focused on the weirdness of this juice situation I wasn't even paying attention.

Anyway...10 minutes, people...10 MINUTES later, Slight Suit Juice Man FINALLY gets his one can of juice. He walks away and I move in but kind of look at the lady behind me and she says this:

"I honestly thought we were on Candid Camera. I started looking around for a camera crew."

Stiches...I was in stitches and so was she. D, being a few aisles down by now, looks down and sees us both laughing and assumes we're laughing at his scanning abilities, having not payed attention to Slight Suit Juice Man.

Blog translation of this story = not so great...but good golly, it was quite a trip.

~ I had a rare weekend away without children this past weekend. I get a text from my sis-in-law last Wednesday saying, "Mom and dad are taking your kids and you and D are coming with us to the cabin. Are you in?" My response, "...WHAT!?!?!" followed by, "If this isn't some sick joke then my answer is ....HECK YES!"

You know..some gifts are better than others...all are appreciated but some are just divine. This was a gift that was divine.

I love my kids more than anything....but good golly if this mom didn't need a weekend break. So the A Team went to Grandma Day's and off we went to the lake. Gorgeous weather, golf, water, sun, good food, good drinks, good friends and the ability to sleep in past 7:00 was perfection.

And ironically - I was excited to see the girls yesterday when I got home.....

...sometimes all a girl needs is a couple of days. And she'll run out the door with glee...but run back almost as gleeful.....

...to hear her oldest say, "Actually...I kinda want to stay at Grandma's longer."

Happy Monday.