This morning we had another trip to Walmart. They come so often. Kara refused to go unless she could wear 3 (three) pairs of panties. Barbie panties, Bumble Bee panties and the panties that matched her dress. That's fine. You can wear as many panties as you want. I can't remember when I've worn more than one pair but *shrug* maybe I'll try it out. This was actually a good trip. Kara wasn't screaming to get down and walk, she didn't say any cuss words and she didn't call anyone Harry Potter. But please, anyone that works at a store that sells balloons, do not let them float at the checkout register. Especially if they look like penguins. PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS. In some children this will cause them scream really loud: "PEEEEENNNNN------GGGGGUUUUNNNNNNNZZZZZZZZZ!" It can be frightening to other children who didn't see it floating there! And another thing that's happened to me a few different times in various stores..
If I say I need a pack of Marlboro Menthol Ultra Lights, I do not need to hear you say "Oh darn I can't find them. I don't know anything about them because I don't smoke." I don't give two shits if you smoke or not. If you work in a store that sells cigarettes, then you should KNOW where they are. I am not paid to point you in the general direction of the green pack on the end.
If I say I need a pack of Marlboro Menthol Ultra Lights, I do not need to hear you say "Now, do you NEED them or just WANT them?" If I say I need them, then I fucking need them. It's that simple. Just keep your mouth shut and hand them over.
If I say I need a pack of Marlboro Menthol Ultra Lights, I do not need to hear you say "You're ID looks nothing like you." I already fucking know that! It's called hair-dye and FAT. Big fucking deal.
I think maybe another reason she was so good and quiet in Walmart was because when we were walking to the car, we saw one of Mom's dead baby kitties in the driveway. If I had to guess, the little guy was hitching a ride under the truck, jumped out scared and got run over by the tire. Quite tragic. Anyway, she wanted to touch it and I wouldn't let her because it was dead. So I got a trash bag and scooped the poor little guy up in it and moved him to the shade. She kept telling me to go back and get it. We left it there while we went to town. We ended up in the trash bag section in the store and she pointed at the bags and said "Dead baby kitty." and pouted. Poor kid. I thought she'd learn what death was when I let her touch that dead fish a few months back. I'd rather her learn about death early so she won't be so disappointed when she's 5 and wondering what the fuck happened to her puppy that died of parvo. Yes, I expect her to be saying "what the fuck" when she's 5.
30 minutes later...
I just got back inside. Mom came knocking on the door and telling me that the other baby kitty was hung in her truck and needed help getting it out. We walked all the way down the driveway to her truck and there was the little yellow kitty cowering in the front of her truck between the fan guard and the fender well. He was hung under a little metal bar. I tugged the kitty out while she held up the bar pinning him down. He was fine. Poor little guy rode all the way to Jonesboro, sat pinned in the blazing heat for over 4 hours, then rode all the way home. We have named him "Lucky" and he now has 8 lives left.