Ok, so no one big thing has pissed me off, but all the little things are making me REALLY irritable right now, and journaling is cathartic, right?

Ok, so last night, we had a few people over for dinner and a movie.  After dinner, and before the movie, us girls decided to go pick up some beer.  We ran to HEB (we had my friend's little one with us; my kids were in bed already, so they stayed home with daddy), and got a couple of six packs and some pints of ice cream.  We went to check out, and got in line behind a cart with a baby in it (in one of those carseat carriers).  Only, there was no mom.  The checkout lady had come around the counter to stand watch over the kid, and looked at us, amazed, and explained that her mom had just taken off to go get milk (at the BACK of the store) and left her kid there.  I couldn't believe it.  Eventually, the lady came back, and did the check out thing, asking that her grapes be put in a separate bag, so they wouldn't get hurt (well, at least she cares about SOMETHING), and making a big deal over one "$1 off" coupon that she'd forgotten to give the checkout lady until after the transaction, but by GOD, she wanted her dollar.  I just stood there with my tongue firmly between my teeth while my friends shot me glances every now and then and said "Jess, please don't...just let it go...."

The lady checked out and left, we speculated in wonder with the cashier, and then headed out to the car.  I saw her in the parking lot, and decided I'd done my part by not making a scene in the store, but couldn't NOT say something.  I left my friends and walked up to her.  "Miss?  Hey, mom-to-mom, don't leave your kid alone in the store, ok?  Someone could have walked off with her, and there was NOTHING that lady could have done about it."  (Considering I was shaking with anger, I was really surprised by how nice I sounded.)  "Oh!  Ok, sure!  Thanks!  Thanks a lot!"  I have a feeling she was going to do whatever the hell she wanted (I also have a feeling she wasn't going to put the straps on the carseat over the kid's shoulders, where they belonged...they were under her armpits) but at least I'd said SOMETHING.

So then, I go back to my friends, and we go home.  I went to get my friend's baby out of the car, and realized that if we'd gotten in an accident, that kid would be dead.  Her carseat straps were so loose that they had slipped off her shoulders, and they were height-set for a newborn (this kid is about a year and a half old, and HUGE.)  I asked my friend what was up, and she had NO idea how to work a carseat (the guy she bought the car from had put it in for her), so I brought it inside to show her how it works (readjusting strap height, tightening and loosening, WHEN to tighten and loosen, and the latch system).  I feel so bad for her.  She's in her mid-thirties, and somehow has NO idea what she's doing when it comes to the kid.  Every time she cries, she sticks a bottle in her mouth, or gives her snacks (which explains why she's so humongous), has no set schedule for the kid, never knows if she should put her down or pick her up, etc.  She loves that little one more than I've ever seen anyone love anyone.  She's her world.  She just has no idea how to take care of her.  I want to teach her, but don't know how to introduce the idea without sounding like an uppity jerk.  She's confused, and knows it, but doesn't know what to do about it.

Then today, my dumb ass slept in until 10 minutes before I had to leave.  Smooth.  I made it, though.  AND, I'm clean.

My sister calls me this morning, very excited because she's pregnant.  So work harder, everyone.  My neice or nephew needs your tax dollars, since my sister couldn't wait two months to start trying for a baby, and doesn't have insurance to cover it.

My back is killing me, partly because I hurt it on a waterslide last saturday, and partly because my friendly little monthly visitor is in.  Ugh.

Ok, so I know, I know, I sound like "I'm the world's best mom, and everyone else is crap, and everyone should be like me."  I know I sound like a jerk.  But so be it.  I'm in a PISSY mood today.

Tags: vent, bitch, whine, complain, car seats

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