Now, off to the hairdresser.......getting about 4" of hair hacked off........
Then home for naptime & (blecch) housework; then "Bye Bye Birdie" rehearsal 6:00-9:00.
Tomorrow I will be gone all day at a high school choral festival. Lots of music.:) :) :)......and Christmas music hasn't really begun in earnest yet.....can't wait......:)
Ping me if anything important happens in the world.:)
Would like to take a nap, but am still troubled by something I witnessed this a.m., and would like to share it.
Running errands, I stopped at Pannera's for an apple croissant and iced tea - YUM! - but on to my story!:
The place was crowded with not too many open spots or choices, but I found a table opposite a booth, barely registering that a couple of people were in the booth.
Then it only took a few secs for what was going on in the booth to sink in.
A man was fairly loudly chastising whoever was sitting opposite him.
I tried to tune out the details, but it was impossible...deception, failure in school, something about a dreamworld...The words went on and on, and the man repeated himself.
After a few minutes, assuming the subject of the lecture was a teenager - it sounded so dire and harsh - I sneaked a peek, and a young boy of 7 or 8 was cowering in the corner of the booth, looking so sad and alone!!
I think it would be presumptious to draw too many conclusions. Was this a one-time lecture, or part of a pattern? What was the basis of the complaints, and so forth.
BUT I do feel on firm ground writing that it was highly inappropriate to deliver such an angry message in such a public place.
It was shocking and at least a couple of other customers were troubled, too.
Another minute or 2 and I fled, but the boy's expression has haunted me ever since.