Shock and Awe

I am constantly amazed by the actions and words of some people. Today was no exception. Late this afternoon, I found myself as the subject of a complete and utterly embarrassing moment. It was a moment that I will never forget as long as I live.

This afternoon, my family and I went for an outing; all 5 of us. I dropped my husband and boys off to get their haircut while Almond Joy and I went across the parking lot to Target. I am still not allowed to lift her so instead of trying to somehow manage putting her carrier into a cart, I opted for putting her into her stroller (just slide her seat right into it!). Anyways, we went in, got what we needed and headed for the registers.

While standing in line to pay, this woman and her son wander up behind me. I was looking at the display on the end cap (the line was fairly long), and saw the two of them so I politely smiled. The woman looked at me, looked at my daughter in her stroller, then looked at me again and says "Wow, how far apart are they going to be!?!". WTF...excuse me!?!? Yes, she thought I was pregnant. I was so surprised by her words that immediately I could feel my face getting hot. I was so embarrassed!!! I stood there starring at her with a look of disbelief. Did she really just say that!?!? I wanted so badly to say something smart ass or give her a piece of my mind, but there were no words. I turned around, paid for my items and left. It was a total blow to my good day. :(

After leaving Target, I picked up the boys and then we headed over to Red Robin for a family dinner out. Feeling so sad and perplexed by what happened ten minutes before, my sudden craving for a yummy fattening juicy bacon cheeseburger turned into a guiltless lower calorie BBQ chicken wrap, no fries. My husband was puzzled, so I shared the incident with him. Being the loving, caring man that he is, he told me I was beautiful and said that I did not look pregnant. It was too late, though, my appetite was crushed.

After we got home from dinner and taking Kit Kat to his scout meeting, I sat down on the couch and turned on one of my favorite tv shows...Biggest Loser. After about 30 min., I suddenly felt better!! I opened up my non-fat stress reducing sticks (aka Red Vines licorice) for dessert, snuggled up in my pink snuggie and soon forgot about the insecure, rude, under-educated (I mean, what competent and educated adult asks ANY woman something like that) human who ruined my day.

When my show ended, I was somehow reminded to the shock and awe moment of the day, and realized, why the heck should I be embarrassed??? She is the one who made an ass clown out of herself by assuming something she had no clue of! If I could go back and relive that moment, it probably would have gone something like this: "I am a mother of three and just had surgery...not that it's any of your business." Yeah, that sounds good. Wait, who am I kidding, I would have done the exact same thing I did before...no words, turned around, and left. Yeah, I took the higher road because friends, that's what making lemonade is all about!!

CHEERS!

Something to think about...

Some of you may be asking why I chose to title my blog "My life with Lemons." I have always tried the New Years resolution thing and to be quite frank, I've always failed. So this year I chose something different...to always look on the bright side, and see the positives in life. Simple as that. Everyday we are faced with choices. You can choose to wake up and go to work or you can choose to stay in bed, call in sick. You can choose to be happy or choose to mope around and feel sorry for yourself. I made the choice that from this day forward, I will take life's lemons and make sweet lemonade. Doesn't matter what the lemon is, how big or small. Today is the day...my lemons stop here!

When life gives you lemons, will you make lemonade too?

Lemonade

Sometimes we take the little things in life for granted. My life has given me lemons...lots and lots of lemons and I intend on taking those lemons and making some kick ass lemonade!! Ready, set, go!!!