Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my mother, my mother-in-law, and to mothers everywhere! Thank God for mothers!

I had a very nice one. As I write, Jim is giving the kids their baths. A bonus is that I won't have to wash the bathroom this week, as it is wet from floor to ceiling....both kids love to get daddy as wet as possible.

I did go to the grocery today, as I usually do on Sunday. To be fair, Jim did offer to go, but I just didn't think it was worth trying to explain everything we needed, where it could be found, and then dealing with not having the right things make it home. Apparently, other women were more trusting, more adventurous, or needed more of a break, because the grocery was full of men. I could tell something was different as soon as I walked in, but it took me about an aisle and a half before I realized what it was.

I noticed the noise first, from men making elaborate zooming noises and pushing the kid "car carts" really fast. Am I cynical to doubt that they would be so energetic if they did the shopping every week? Then I noticed that the rythm of the aisles was just...off... Minor fender benders with carts, and a bit of confusion all around. Men on their cell phones, calling home to ask questions. One man I overheard saying "Well, I'm standing right in FRONT of the aluminum foil but I don't SEE it." snicker

I give them credit for trying though. I would have thought it was Super Bowl weekend with that many men in the store at one time. So hats off to all of the hard-working mothers everywhere, and also a tip of the hat to the men who make an effort to help them.