Showing posts with label Awkward Moments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awkward Moments. Show all posts

Friday, March 18, 2011

That's It. Where's My Sharpie?

Funny story.  Today, while my family was out and about, we stopped at Vielseck's PXextra to purchase a few things that (amazingly) our PX doesn't carry.  During this shopping excursion I offered to hold Belle while Mom and Dad were making monumental, world altering decisions like which carpet to get for the living room.  I am all about self-sacrifice :P
  She and I walked around, made funny faces at ourselves in the mirrors, wondered how comfy those beds where, watched some Night at the Museum 2 on one of the flatscreens, and generally had good, sisterly bonding time.
  I got more than a few strange looks while walking around with a five-week-old.  And when I joined my family in line I met an elderly couple who were cooing over "my baby".  Our conversation went something like this:
Elderly woman exclaims, "Oooh look at the cwoot baby!"
I smile.
Elderly gentleman asks, "How old is he?"
I answer, "She is five weeks."
Elderly gentleman corrects himself, "Oh, excuse me, she.  What is her name?"
I reply, "Cristabel."
Elderly woman admires, "Cristabel, what a beautiful name!"
I smile.
Elderly woman continues cooing over Belle.
Elderly gentleman continues conversation, "Is she your first?  Second?"
Realization dawns.
I answer, "Fifth, actually." (hehe :P)
Elderly gentleman is taken aback, "Fifth?!!"
I clarify, "Yep, she's my sister, there are five of us." *Smiles at Mom*
Elderly gentleman and woman laugh.
Silence.
Elderly woman states, "She looks a lot like you and your mom."
Elderly gentleman agrees,  "Yes, very strong resemblance."

After having experienced multiple situations like these I have created a solution:
There wasn't enough room to write "for heaven's sake".
~RM