Black Friday...Cyber Monday...The Worst of Humanity Comes Out

So...I am a self procaimed shop-o-holic! I can find a mall in the middle of a dessert and I can shop my worries away. I do think that it is important that I clarify before going any further that when I say "shop" I do mean that I just love being in malls, looking at the beautiful works of art that live below a persons ankle...and getting a mocha from a coffee stand and just sitting in the mall people watching, or espically during the holidays watching the magic in children's eyes. Everything seems so perfect!!!

Now, for the worst of humanity...Black Friday!! I am a cynical mean person when I see people acting completely STUPID for a "good deal". I have the biggest problem with the people who pull their children (and I am talking about 4 year olds) out in the cold with them just so they can save $200 on a flat screen TV. It is the parent who wants the TV, not the child...it is the parent who wants to be standing out there, not the child...it is the parent who is dressed extremely warm, SURPRISINGLY NOT THE CHILD. It just makes me so angry. I don't get it. I want to hurt people, or adopt all of the children that I see standing in the line that have mediocre jackets on and are shivering, while their parents are standing their with a warm cup of coffee. Get out of line for your TV or your XBOX and go get your kid in bed...be a good parent! ugh.

But where things get really out of control is when I went to Bellevue not to long ago. It would seem that people are becoming more and more pushy just to save $4 on so trinket that doesn't mean anything in the long run. Their are people from other countries speaking languages that I don't understand...and normally I am all for a completely diverse environment because it allows me to learn and grow as a person but when they are pushy and yell at me in a different language I don't appreciate it.

I know that this is a personal issues, however it just seems that the magic of shopping and the wondermiss of everything that I loved about going to Bellevue or Downtown Seattle is fading and I am just going to forgo what I love...and move over to the idea of doing everything on line! humph...

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Parent Teacher Confrence...

Today was Kouper's 2nd grade parent teacher conference with her...and I hate to say that while I am so proud of everything that my son is a the little person that he has become, I feel that I have less and less to do with his growth as a little human each and everyday. 

The title of my blog "Rock Meets Hardspot" is generally the way that I view my life, because it seems to be an internal struggle for me to always feel that I am doing the right thing, or making the right choices in my life.  When I talk about Kouper and the amazing little person that he has become...I don't always think that I promote the right habits that a bright, smart, intelligent little person should start forming. 

I think that it is the reoccurring internal argument that I have with myself on a daily basis.  I work CRAZY unpredictable hours.  I don't know when I am going to be at work always depending on the day.  There are many days where I say good morning to the kids, thrown them on the bus and in daycare and then say good night on the phone.  I ask Kouper about his day, what he learned in school, what he had for homework and if anything big happened to him throughout the day.  But, when you have that conversation with your kid over the phone it looses some of magic and amazingness.  You don't get to have the family dinner that studies say matter so much...and an expectation that we have created in our house.

I have to always remember that he has an amazing father, but it is a weird feeling to be sitting at a tiny table on a tiny chair with your little humans teacher telling you that EVERYTHING that you have done for him up to this point has turned him in to the amazing person and student that he is...and ask IN THE LAST 3 YEARS BETWEEN SCHOOL, NEW BABY AND CAREER...HOW MUCH HAVE I REALLY DONE FOR HIM?!?!?!?!  Is it a fair question to ask..no!  But it was the common theme going through my head at this conference.

Now, since I am on the topic of schools...I have to sound off about the whole congress naming PIZZA a VEGETABLE!!!  Crap...that is what I say Crap!  Thoughts?

Off to listen to the rain I go...