They couldn’t even save themselves with their cuteness this time

Today, we became those parents. You know, the ones whose kids freak out and have a huge brat fest in the middle of the public place. Before today, we’d had one kid or the other act out for various reasons but today it was both.At the same time. In the aisle of the paint section. Today it was the child in the back of the cart who put the child in the front seat in a headlock because they were fighting over a paint brush. Seriously, let me get you another one. I know where I can find about 200 of them. RIGHT BEHIND YOU.  Both screamed and kicked, while all the customers looked on and probably judged us for having two brats and not even being able to control them, all while being knocked up, too! Lucky me!

This was probably the worst public tantrum they’ve ever had where we wouldn’t control them. GRRR. After a good verbal whoopin’ in the paint aisle of Lowes, I angrily sent off the girl for consolation from daddy (At this point, I was not speaking to her) while the boy decided to continue to rant and screamed until I yanked him out of the cart. I was tempted to leave the cart (um, with him in it) in the appliances section.

If you were at my local Lowe’s around 12:45 this afternoon, I apologize. I know they sell earplugs somewhere in that store, maybe aisle 20…?

Now that we’re home, they are both napping peacefully and they better be in a good mood when they wake up.

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Are you serious, Debbie Schlussel?   The Virginia Tech tragedy has been splashed across websites and newspapers across the world. It is now confirmed that the gunman was a Korean born male student. The information that he is a foreigner! An international student! An immigrant! is headline news. Are we forgetting to focus on the issue at hand, that 31 people are confirmed dead? Innocent lives taken at the hand of a very unstable young man? Reports all over the field are referring to this man as a South Korean naturalized citizen. His race and ethnicity is being thrown around, used as ammunition* as to the reasoning and justification behind his actions. Being Korean did not cause this man to commit this egregious crime. Obviously he suffered from other mental and emotional issues stemming from who knows what – family, relationships, school.  Race does not dictate whether or not someone is prone to violence. Are all black people good at basketball? No.  Are all Asians math geniuses? The answer to that is a big no. Pass the calculator, please. 

 Ms Schlussel’s comments are preposterous verbal diarrhea. Did she so boldly and foolishly state that this is “yet another reason to stop letting in so many foreign students?” Oh. no. she. didn’t. She assumes by keeping the “foreign students” out of this country, the crime rate will drop and people will live happily ever after? Don’t get me wrong. It is ok to be angry, even hate the man, for what he did, who he is/was. But don’t hate the Korean race because of who he, one man, was and what he did. Get real, lady. This isn’t about race. Stop using the internet and this situation as an excuse and platform to spew your hate and racism.  

So Ms Schussel? You wanna bring it, do ya? BRING. IT

*sorry. No pun intended at all.