Moments of my day.. the good, bad and ugly.....

Good -


As some of you may know we have been trying to get the kids settled into life here in the states as well as get our own apartment set up for our stateside assignment that will begin in just a few more months. Well, I was at Walmart- tax free day.. Can we all say MAYHEM... well it was and I was pushing my little cart around and this family is in the aisle. I must say it was quiet funny to be there to hear this.

So the dad is pushing the cart , mom and 2 young boys ( elementary ages ) are running ahead and grabbing just about all the cool stuff they can find and saying what about this. I try to fit by them and hear the dad say and I quote, " This is HELL" in an instant the mom says, " well you wanted to make this a family thing...." I know he was kicking himself for speaking that out loud because it was so obvious that he realized, Hell was going to be lasting a bit longer than just in Walmart.....

Oh my - I have to say it may not sound so funny now to you but to me it took all I had not to bust out laughing.. I looked back and the dad saw my smile and me holding back and he just hung his head low and shook his head.. HA! Oh the things we parents have to endure!

It was just a classic moment when Man and Women are NOT on the same page!

Then I had a culture shock moment...

Bad-

I was looking for some nails to hang some pictures on the wall. Mind you I've been in the Walmart and Target so many times these past 3 days that I care not to mention the exact number of times. Usually due to the fact that I forgot something.. thus my return on this occasion. So I'm looking and thinking to myself, Why don't they have Concrete nails here? That is strange. Then I think I must be looking in the wrong place. Getting a bit frustrated I go and ask the sales guy, " Do you have concrete nails?" He gets this look of why? Then he asks, May I ask what you want to hang? I said, just some pictures.. He was like how heavy are they? I'm like, I don't know just the normal picture.... then it hits me HELLO Dingbat... your in america where homes are usually built out of something other than CONCRETE! I get this look of TOTAL Confusion on my face and said, Okay, you really are going to think I'm strange... but I've just returned from overseas where the homes are built out of concrete and I don't know what kind of nails I need to hang pictures.. He smiled and says, WELCOME HOME! Man, that eased the pain I was in.....

Ugly-
HAND PHONES AND CARS- WHILE DRIVING!

That's all I have to say about that!

Okay that's all in a day - boy there is more but that was the highlight of my day!


Love to all,
mel.....