Thursday Night Ramblings

Things I am learning from HGTV's House Hunters:

-If a realtor ever says to me, "oh come on, guys, work with me," her ass is fired.
-Turkish people are very, very friendly and like kids.
-I wonder if the producers tell the home seekers to ask scripted, stupid questions?
-If my boyfriend or whatever ever said, "I'm going to humor Melanie by looking at some condos," his ass is fired.
-Shit like this makes me wonder why some people get married.  Hm.
-Wait, my marriage makes me wonder why some people get married.
-If I ever look fake when I smile, like if my smile looks less than a genuine smile, will you all please tell me?
-If my boyfriend or whatever ever said - after being handed a stack of paperwork about a home to bid on, and told "you need to read and initial each page" - "She'll read, I'll initial," his ass is fired.

(gh, do you understand?  the bar thing?)

Also, me...just being me....(as if I'm anything but?)

So, I visited the Kroger Liquor Store tonight.  I'm in the parking lot, waiting, waiting, waiting on a couple to cross the way so that I can go down an aisle to park.  They parked in a Walk Up Pharmacy parking spot.  The woman has a walking cast on....she needs her meds.  I feel completely ok about waiting 15 years for them to cross.  I finally park.  I walk up to the liquor store door, notice that I don't see the couple at the walk up pharmacy window, which is right next to the liquor store...go into the liquor store....who's in there?  The cast lady!  She totally abused the walk up pharmacy parking!  Asshole!

I'm kinda snobby.  Not like, jet-setting, proper place-setting snobby.  But, I-might-be-better-than-you-because-I-like-to-be-clean snobby.  This morning, I saw a disturbing thing.  In a nice neighborhood, a suburban, residential area, I saw a little girl....maybe 4 years old?  Very dirty, very, very dirty.  As in, her clothes were blackish.  No shoes.  Dirty. Wandering around, in the street.  Very out-of-place.  I was getting worried.  Stopped my car.  Then I saw "her dad?"  Exact replica of little girl, except grown man.  Like, hasn't showered in weeks.  Chasing after her.  What?  In a nice neighborhood?  I was completely surprised.  And disgusted.  Why not bathe your child?  Why not bathe yourself?  Obviously, some kind of official neglect was going on there.  Should I have called the police?  I didn't.  Oh dear.  Um, should I have?

Also, my almost-7-year-old just called me at 9:40pm.  He's just had his shower and is getting dressed for bed.  At 9:40pm.  No wonder they look so tired all the time now.  Ugh.  We get ready for bed at 8pm when the kids are with me.  Sigh. Sigh, SIGH.

On that note...