A Mommy Story

Woo-hoo! I got an award! The fabulous Kate from Eucalyptus Pillow (geez, I still have to look up the spelling for Eucalyptus when writing it) awarded me with Perfect Post March ’07 award for my post about all the hatin’ on mommy bloggers that I’ve noticed lately. Thank you so much, Kate! It’s good to know others enjoyed that post.

(Although I think it was also that same post that led some troll to submit my blog’s URL to a gazillion porn and prescription drug spam blogs for linking. Classy. Ah well, as long as people can hide their identity on the internet, there will be trolls.)

So here in town, they’re building yet another strip mall up against the giant Wal-Mart. About a month ago, we drove past and I noticed the first mall occupant was in place.

I said to Aaron, “Figures. Look at that – the first store is a check cashing place.”

“Yuck.”

“Yeah, like there aren’t four other check cashing/payroll advance scam places in a one mile radius. It must be the new way to christen a new strip mall – it’s not a real strip mall unless there’s a trashy check cashing store.”

“True.”

“Makes me wonder what other crap they will put in this new mall?”

“Dunno.” (Yeah, he clearly wasn’t as bothered by this as I was. Or he was just thinking about something else.)

“See, if they wanted to put something useful in there, we’d see a Starbucks with a drive-thru. Now that would be useful! We don’t have a Starbucks anywhere close by.”

“Yes, dear.” (clearly ignoring me now)

Well, I drove past that same Wal-Mart and strip mall today, and what did I see? The second business is now open, and it’s a Starbucks with a drive-thru.

Ask and ye shall receive.

Of course, knowing that someone up there is actually listening makes me happy, but I have to wonder about His or Her selective hearing. I mean, of all the things I ask for, I get the Starbucks?

Apparently the supreme being just loves coffee.