As I had stated in my previous post about Katelynn's school Halloween party, I did not really feel like I was fitting in with the other moms that were there. Here are the ins and outs of what happened.
First off, it was Halloween - right? I didn't necessarily dress up for the party, but I did have on a cute Halloween shirt that said Happy Halloween on it. There was one other mom that kind of dressed up too, she had a green t-shirt and had written Crayola down the front with a sharpie marker.
1 - Next we are at our "stations" and ours was decorating cookies. I was talking to the other mom at my station and she said that she was exhausted. She had been up making little treats for the kids which was her daughters idea, but her daughter had bailed on her and in the midst of creating the little gifts her husband came home from work at 10:30pm that night. She had to stop making the treats and warm up her husbands supper and then she was up until midnight and back up in the morning at 5:30am.
So, as she is saying that her husband came home at 10:30pm and she had to warm up his supper plate for him I'm sure my eyes shot up and looked at her like "What?" I said nothing, but normally my expressions give me away. All I can think is - its 10:30pm - you are a grown man and you can warm up your own plate -No? Well, that's how it would have went at my house - I probably would have been in bed already. So, we talked a little bit more as we made cookies and she said that she was happy that her mother was able to watch the baby so she could come to the school for the party. I told her if she was really exhausted maybe she would watch the baby a few extra hours and she could go home and take a nap. Pretty sure she then looked at me wondering what I was talking about.
2 - The kids missed their field trip to the pumpkin patch because of a snow day, but their pumpkins were delivered during the party and we all made our way outside. Each kiddo got to pick a pumpkin and then lined up to take a class picture in their costumes. I am standing outside and the kids were busy so I went and stood by a couple of the other moms as they were chatting. This other mom is saying that she does not want to have anymore kids and I politely asked how many kids she had and she said she had two. She said she is just always tired and she felt two was enough and that she has do pretty much everything. I said that I had my husband get snipped. She said her husband was too scared or chicken or something to do it. I told her if she does everything then maybe she should leave for a couple of weeks and let him do it all and then when she returned he would probably be more than ready to go in. I kind of thought it was funny, but she didn't. She looked at me and said "My husband works 80 hours a week". I had no response. What am I supposed to say to that? Sorry? Whew - is what I thought, I am not touching that one.
3 - So here comes mom # 3 that I tried to have a conversation with a little bit earlier. She walked up to me asked me if I lived here. I said yes. (Duh, my kids going to school here, more than likely we live in town or very close by). She then proceeded to let me know that she opened a salon in town and I could come in and get my hair and nails and such done. That was pretty much the only reason she had approached me. Nice - so that is what I was good for. Don't want to be your friend, but I would love to have some of your money. I didn't realize that I was the spa looking sort of gal (okay if I am being honest, maybe a little, but still I could be a friend too).
4 - End of the day. I am sort of standing by mom # 2 whose husband works a lot and her kiddo runs up and says something to her. Mom is very appropriate and fixes her daughters costume and basically explains to her daughter to watch her costume and we can't be showing those (boobs). I am thinking, okay, very nice. Her daughter gives her a hug and runs off to play. Mom # 2 looks up at me and says - My husband is part of a nudist colony. "What the hell?" I am pretty sure I dropped my jaw and then I kind of nodded my head like I understood, which I didn't. Okay, note to self, get mom # 2's name and kids name and make sure to never have a sleep over at their house. It didn't even phase this woman to say this to me, it was crazy.
What a day, what a day! I left in shock, shaking my head and thinking, yep, definitely not fitting in with this group.
First off, it was Halloween - right? I didn't necessarily dress up for the party, but I did have on a cute Halloween shirt that said Happy Halloween on it. There was one other mom that kind of dressed up too, she had a green t-shirt and had written Crayola down the front with a sharpie marker.
1 - Next we are at our "stations" and ours was decorating cookies. I was talking to the other mom at my station and she said that she was exhausted. She had been up making little treats for the kids which was her daughters idea, but her daughter had bailed on her and in the midst of creating the little gifts her husband came home from work at 10:30pm that night. She had to stop making the treats and warm up her husbands supper and then she was up until midnight and back up in the morning at 5:30am.
So, as she is saying that her husband came home at 10:30pm and she had to warm up his supper plate for him I'm sure my eyes shot up and looked at her like "What?" I said nothing, but normally my expressions give me away. All I can think is - its 10:30pm - you are a grown man and you can warm up your own plate -No? Well, that's how it would have went at my house - I probably would have been in bed already. So, we talked a little bit more as we made cookies and she said that she was happy that her mother was able to watch the baby so she could come to the school for the party. I told her if she was really exhausted maybe she would watch the baby a few extra hours and she could go home and take a nap. Pretty sure she then looked at me wondering what I was talking about.
2 - The kids missed their field trip to the pumpkin patch because of a snow day, but their pumpkins were delivered during the party and we all made our way outside. Each kiddo got to pick a pumpkin and then lined up to take a class picture in their costumes. I am standing outside and the kids were busy so I went and stood by a couple of the other moms as they were chatting. This other mom is saying that she does not want to have anymore kids and I politely asked how many kids she had and she said she had two. She said she is just always tired and she felt two was enough and that she has do pretty much everything. I said that I had my husband get snipped. She said her husband was too scared or chicken or something to do it. I told her if she does everything then maybe she should leave for a couple of weeks and let him do it all and then when she returned he would probably be more than ready to go in. I kind of thought it was funny, but she didn't. She looked at me and said "My husband works 80 hours a week". I had no response. What am I supposed to say to that? Sorry? Whew - is what I thought, I am not touching that one.
3 - So here comes mom # 3 that I tried to have a conversation with a little bit earlier. She walked up to me asked me if I lived here. I said yes. (Duh, my kids going to school here, more than likely we live in town or very close by). She then proceeded to let me know that she opened a salon in town and I could come in and get my hair and nails and such done. That was pretty much the only reason she had approached me. Nice - so that is what I was good for. Don't want to be your friend, but I would love to have some of your money. I didn't realize that I was the spa looking sort of gal (okay if I am being honest, maybe a little, but still I could be a friend too).
4 - End of the day. I am sort of standing by mom # 2 whose husband works a lot and her kiddo runs up and says something to her. Mom is very appropriate and fixes her daughters costume and basically explains to her daughter to watch her costume and we can't be showing those (boobs). I am thinking, okay, very nice. Her daughter gives her a hug and runs off to play. Mom # 2 looks up at me and says - My husband is part of a nudist colony. "What the hell?" I am pretty sure I dropped my jaw and then I kind of nodded my head like I understood, which I didn't. Okay, note to self, get mom # 2's name and kids name and make sure to never have a sleep over at their house. It didn't even phase this woman to say this to me, it was crazy.
What a day, what a day! I left in shock, shaking my head and thinking, yep, definitely not fitting in with this group.
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