waiting room

On Monday I took my mom to the orthopedic along with Catina. We ended up being in the waiting room for an hour and a half. I was realizing there certainly is a waiting room etiquette quite like the one there is in the elevator. No eye contact, no talking to one another. There was a man and a woman (we'll call her Jane) in the waiting room both waiting separately when Catina points to them and very loudly says "People?" And, I say "yes." She then says "Friends?" I chuckle uncomfortably and say "Sure."

Next a woman in a wheelchair comes in and has a PAWS dog. She is pretty self absorbed and is telling the receptionist all these stories about her life. Mostly, all complaining. Her dog is in her lap and has a onesie on and a sweater. I never understood why people dress up their dogs but to each his own. She then takes off the dog's sweater and says in a very goobery baby voice "Wow, you are getting so big, we're going to have to buy the next size onsie!" As if this wasn't enough for me to handle Jane (waiting woman) walks out with a facial mask on. Yes, I typed that correctly, facial mask.

And this is when I realized I was on Candid Camera.

story time

A couple of weeks ago my daughter Catina, almost 2, and I went to story time at the library. We arrived early and started talking with another mom and her two children. Before entering the classroom she asked her little girl if she had to go potty. We are on our way to the potty training stage so I asked the woman how old her daughter was. She was 2. I thought this was a great opportunity to ask what her theory on potty training was. She told me she started putting her daughter on her potty chair at 9 months old. She figured out her daughter's "number two" schedule and would place her on the pot during that time. And, this is when I realized that I was on TLC on some kind of crazy mom show.

(For those of you who have not been in the potty training stage with their children, the earliest recommended age for potty training is 18 months)