just got back
from madeline’s first
official shopping trip
(one of thousands…she is her mother’s daughter after all).
madeline in stroller,
got to the door
and realized
that i was about to
attempt to push a stroller
and
a shopping cart…
at the same time.
an impossible feat.
instead of
going back to the car
to drop off the stroller
i decided to grab a basket
and shop for just
the small things.
i also
took the opportunity
to put my masters in sociology
to work
and observe the
other mothers
shopping alongside us
in order to learn their ways.
i now know
to leave the stroller
at home
and put the car seat
in the shopping cart.
what an idiot.
i also observed
that old women
really, really
love babies.
especially sleeping babies.
(one of them called madeline “exquisite”).
now it’s off to
the doctor…
