That would be me, apparently - a walking Mary Kay Cosmetics Target to be exact. It’s bad enough that I have an addiction to shopping at Target, but when I’m standing there in the children’s underwear aisle looking for some NON-pink-flowery-or-Hannah-Montana-y bikini briefs for the Catholic Girlie, I really don’t expect to be approached by a Mary Kay representative giving away free facials. And yet, that’s exactly what happened yesterday. Underwear aisle and all. Huh?
So here’s how it all went down - I’m standing there smack dab in the girl’s section of the local Super Target looking baffled because I cannot find plain ‘ole white or beige undies in my daughter’s size when this 20 year old-ish woman approaches me:
Her: Wow! Is that a real Coach handbag? I love it!
Me: Actually, no. It’s a knock-off. *moves handbag closer to self*
Her: Oh, well it’s really very nice. Hey! That’s such a pretty necklace you’re wearing!
Me: Why, err, thank you. *furrows brow thinking this woman is getting stranger by the moment*
Her: By the way, I just started selling Mary Kay cosmetics, and we have a great new line of colors, and I’m giving FREE FACIALS. Here let me give you my card.
Me: No, that’s ok. I already have a Mary Kay person.
Her: Ohhh! What’s her name? Maybe I know her!
Me: Hmmm… I can’t seem to remember. It always escapes me, silly isn’t it?
Her: Well, ok then. But I do like your necklace. Have a really great day!
Then I’m left pushing my cart quickly in the opposite direction thinking to myself, What happened there? Was I really just accosted by a Mary Kay salesperson? That was so odd. I guess building a client base in the makeup-selling industry requires desperate measures - but I mean really now. Her approach freaked even me out, and I don’t think I freak out quite that easily.
What in the world was the name of my Mary Kay person anyway? *shakes head*
If you’ve checked out Meez Avatar (see sidebar link on the right), you already know where the Catholic Family has been these days - at the pool. But just because we’ve been swimming practically every day doesn’t mean we’ve abandoned the rest of our summer ‘to do’ list. Just the opposite! In fact here’s a list of what we’ve accomplished so far:
Kids Day Camps - basketball for Catholic Son, arts & crafts for Catholic Girlie, complete fun.
Reading Program at the Public Library - this one is on-going, but officially ends August 1st. Lots of hours logged - great reading!
Strings Summer Jam Sessions - CG plays cello for the community every Tuesday at the park. Yowza.
Zoo - visited yesterday and enjoyed the butterflies & budgies. We’ll be back for more exhibits later, as there’s way too much to do in one day.
Swimming at the Pool - we’ve really covered this one!
Tennis - some, but we’ll pick up court time when the temperatures move away from the 100’s.
When you add actual work into to the equation, you see exactly why this blog has taken a backseat lately. In fact, sometimes the idea of blogging about all of these activities seems a little silly to me when I know a million other interests have been pushed aside. Kinda makes me wish these long summer days could stretch out even longer, like 48 hrs/day maybe? Oh the amount of work & play I could accomplish then… and I’d be sporting a serious cape.
The words are just not coming to me. While I’d enjoy writing something interesting, entertaining, insightful, inspiring, in-something, for some reason the words are just not there. It’s like my jam-packed week of consulting sucked me dry of any thoughts to post here. Is it stress? Burnout? Did the 97 degree temps at the pool yesterday afternoon sizzle my blog posting skills? Or maybe I just need a few days of reflection to gather my thoughts?
