Gleeking

I am going to assume that this lady is not from here. I am going to step out on a limb and guess she is not even human or, her mother failed her, she had no mother, she has never used a public restroom. OK missy, let me lay it down for you. When you walk into a restroom and there are four stalls and one is empty and a person is standing there assume they are waiting. If unsure ask. By all means look into the empty stall and gasp at the horrific sight I did!  If you are at maximum capacity and cannot wait one moment longer please say so. I would not have minded you going ahead. We have all been there. But to enter into the first stall that becomes available as though you possess rights others of us will never know is WRONG! What did you think I was standing around in a Ladies room for? Did I look like the attendant to you? I was wearing couture! Those are NOT knock offs! They were real!!! I remained silent still believing it must have been an emergency for you right up to the moment when the next stall vacated and your mini you jumped in. Enough! I stepped in about .23 of a second after she stepped and we ended up blocking my daughters exit. “Mom?” The other child looked at me. I looked down on her. I was biting my inner lower lip so I would not laugh, she backed up and my daughter came out glaring at the youngster. She looked back up to me and stammered out…”uh….you were…..uh…..sorry”. I remained stoic and slammed the door.  I tried not to giggle. Neither at her plight nor her embarrassment, I wanted to giggle at the entire episode, the giggle that comes from the “I cannot believe this just happened” feeling. The, I better giggle or heads will roll kind of giggle. As I exited Shaggy shook her head and pointed to a stall. As I washed up she pointed to the exit door and shook her head. I was thinking the mother did not leave her child to the mercies of my wrath alone? (Not that I had wrath but she did not know that) There standing in the restaurant, down the hall was the mom and a son whom she had wrapped her arms around and was standing behind, Human Shield?  I walked past slowly and looked at her shaking my head; she backed up and looked terrified.  As we walked away Shaggy said “OK now mom”. I still wanted to giggle. I stopped turned and looked at her and said from about 20 feet away “how rude!” That was all.  Disappointed? Well can you imagine the look of horror on the woman’s face as she escorted her two children toward the door only to see that I was sitting at a table directly in her path toward the door facing her? I watched her for a moment as she hesitantly walked toward me and then smiled disarmingly and began a conversation with my child that had my head turned away from the little family as they hurried past.

SO there we were L and I cruising down the road when what to my wandering eye did appear? The Bat Bus/Van, Yep, a black bus/van with a huge Batman emblem painted on the hood and doors and back. Batman emblem etchings on the side windows and trailer hitch cover. If we had not been zooming by at mach 2 and him at mach 2 in the other direction I would have taken a photograph.

Shaggy and I pulled into the coffee queue and ordered her coffee. We were jamming out to Glee. “Mom! We are Gleeks!” yeah?... We pull up to the window and she looks at the coffee guy and declares he is not a Gleek. “Yes he is” …..”No mom he is not a Gleek”. The young man turns and says “Excuse me, I am sorry what?” We were trying to decide if you were a Gleek, I say you are and my daughter says no you are not.  “Gleek?” Yes we are Gleeking out to Glee music.  Are you a Gleek? The light comes on in his eyes….he giglges “ I watch, we watch Glee. We record it because we both work.” He stops, stares at us and then quickly adds….”my girlfriend and I , we watch it”.  We all laugh and as he hands us the coffee he says “Keep Gleeking Out!”

There I was, Lady Tamara, www.LairdOfLochaber.com  being driven through town and not even one person moved, nodded, removed their hat or acknowledged me. That phrase from Alice In Wonderland crept into my mind. The one the Queen of Hearts repeats…..”Off with their heads, Off with their heads”…..heehee  and on the heels of that visual the song This is Halloween creeps into my head, leading off with this verse performed by Marilyn  Manson;

 Our man jack is King of the Pumpkin patch

Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

…mmmmm….does Glee do a version of this song?

Have a gleeful day!