Be warned: I feel like whining.
I got snubbed during M's dance class tonight. Not politely ignored but blatantly, intentionally snubbed. And it bothered me. And what bothered me most is that it bothered me at all.
But it irritates me because I find it so silly and immature. I don't know, that kind of stuff just drives me crazy. I'm not taking it personally - there are just two Moms who ignore everyone except each other. Apparently, they have a limited capacity for friendliness. Didn't mean to scare you ladies into thinking I was trying to create a BFF dance mom trio; I was just making small talk. It's kinda someting I like to do - it's called being friendly.
We had studio pictures tonight which meant the entire dance troupe was there and I ran into an old friend that I haven't seen in several years. I had no idea her girls took dance at the same studio. I had heard she was pregnant and when I saw her she looked pregnant so I made a big deal about it.
Except she wasn't pregnant.
I was mortified.
The only thing that even makes it kinda, sorta not so bad is that she just had the baby - he's only a week old. But still, I feel horrible. I broke the number one rule - never, ever assume anyone is pregnant. It's just too dangerous.
So yeah, the conversation was a little awkward after that. Which really bummed me out because we used to be good friends and I would have liked to really try to reconnect with her. After the whole mistaken pregnancy fiasco I don't think she was really into it.
So we make it home with my hurt feelings and foot in mouth and I decide I'll tackle the outside lights. Go for a little Christmas cheer to salvage the night.
Ugh. That was a big mistake.
First off, it was cold and dark and I couldn't even really see what I was doing. I wrap this one huge bush all the way around and it's one of those prickley bushes so it kept stabbing me in the hand and then, all of the suddon, I hear something crawling around in there. I didn't see what it was, and I'm glad I didn't, but it scurried out and ran off. Ewwww.
Second, I'm too dang short to try to hang lights without a ladder. And even though we own several ladders, none of them are at our house. I've been told that if I remember to remind someone about them that I might get them this weekend. But I had already started and I'm impatient so I decided to keep going. So my house looks ridiculous. There is a tree that only has lights about 1/4 way up because that's as far as I could get them. And my jump and toss method really didn't work out too well because the ones that are on the tree landed all crazy.
Third, we don't have enough extension cords. Or I'm putting out too many lights. Either way, I'm pretty sure I shouldn't have like 8 strands of lights stacked into one exension cord.
And then, as I'm walking into the house, all the lights in the prickley bush go out...so I spend some time getting stabbed trying to fix them and nothin. They're just out. Which just makes everything look that much more ridiculous.
I had planned to finish decorating inside tonight but I think I'm done. I'm gonna go to bed and try for a new day...
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