My encounter Thursday at Sam's Club.
We were standing in line to pay and without my knowledge, an elderly lady (65-75 yr old) standing behind me started chatting with GBK. GBK understands that she is not to talk to strangers- it is a discussion that *she* started probably last summer sometime and brings it up frequently.
Old woman said "Hello little girl. I would love to take you home with me. You are so pretty. Would you like to go home with me? I have lots of toys. I like to play dolls!"
I clued in to what she was saying by the second sentence. Of course, GBK is staring at her, wide eyes, not making a sound. She knew not to talk to her. The lady was getting upset with her because she was not responding.
I explained to the lady, "She knows not to talk to strangers, she is not being rude, only doing what she has been taught to do."
The old lady was taken aback "Why I am no stranger! I am a little old lady! I have granddaughters! I am certainly not a stranger!"
I smiled and turned around. I knew there was no sense in arguing with the lady. Besides, it was my turn to pay and I was ready to get the heck out of there.
On the way out to the car I praised GBK for a job well done. I said- that lady *was* a stranger. Did you know her? No. You did not. She is a stranger. We do not talk to strangers unless Mom or Dad give you permission. You did the right thing. That lady was wrong, she thinks she is not a stranger to you, but since you do not know her, she is indeed a stranger!
I am sure that the little old lady is harmless... but I started thinking about how scared GBK must have been when the lady was talking about taking her home!
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Big Numbers
They drew blood again Thursday morning and called me Friday with the results-
drum roll please...
A big whooping 3!
So I am basically in the clear! He wants me to take a home pregnancy test in 2 weeks and call him with the results. Hopefully it says negative and we can move forward.
The weird thing, if it was tubal, I never had the pain that they said I would have...
They said that my abdomen area would be very tender for a while. Nope. I had none of that.
I asked Dr Desantis if it was possible to be pregnant, have a miscarriage and *also* to have a tubal pregnancy. He told me yes, it was possible but very unlikely. We have something like a 1 in 33,000 chance of that happening.
I said, well honey, if there is a chance that some rare freaky thing is going to happen, it is going to happen to me!
*******
I am upset with all of you. You are simply not gossiping enough. I had to tell three- 3!!! people yesterday that I was no longer pregnant! I thought that I went out of town long enough after the whole episode to give you people to talk and tell everyone you know and save me the hassle of having to explain it to everyone again and again.
I don't care who knows. It is not a secret. The hardest part is when they ask me in front of GBK.
And then I have to feel embarrassed that I don't look upset enough. I am *really* ok. It was not a planned pregnancy. It was not my first pregnancy. I was not that far long, it had not even sunk in that I was pregnant. If the miscarriage had not been drawn out so long it would all be a blur to me by now. I am very busy, have a lot going on and luckily my mind is not consumed by it all.
I have other things to obsess over now- firstly GBK's 4th bday extravaganza. We are going to try really hard to tone it down a little this year. hahahahaha What on earth are we thinking? Deep down inside, we both know better.
drum roll please...
A big whooping 3!
So I am basically in the clear! He wants me to take a home pregnancy test in 2 weeks and call him with the results. Hopefully it says negative and we can move forward.
The weird thing, if it was tubal, I never had the pain that they said I would have...
They said that my abdomen area would be very tender for a while. Nope. I had none of that.
I asked Dr Desantis if it was possible to be pregnant, have a miscarriage and *also* to have a tubal pregnancy. He told me yes, it was possible but very unlikely. We have something like a 1 in 33,000 chance of that happening.
I said, well honey, if there is a chance that some rare freaky thing is going to happen, it is going to happen to me!
*******
I am upset with all of you. You are simply not gossiping enough. I had to tell three- 3!!! people yesterday that I was no longer pregnant! I thought that I went out of town long enough after the whole episode to give you people to talk and tell everyone you know and save me the hassle of having to explain it to everyone again and again.
I don't care who knows. It is not a secret. The hardest part is when they ask me in front of GBK.
And then I have to feel embarrassed that I don't look upset enough. I am *really* ok. It was not a planned pregnancy. It was not my first pregnancy. I was not that far long, it had not even sunk in that I was pregnant. If the miscarriage had not been drawn out so long it would all be a blur to me by now. I am very busy, have a lot going on and luckily my mind is not consumed by it all.
I have other things to obsess over now- firstly GBK's 4th bday extravaganza. We are going to try really hard to tone it down a little this year. hahahahaha What on earth are we thinking? Deep down inside, we both know better.