Shopping madness has set in around here…

Be careful if you’re out with your kids! I’m tellin’ ya; people are NOT watching where they’re driving. I was taking my kids into Wal-Mart a few days ago, and a woman almost plowed over all of us. She was driving slowly, but totally not looking where she was going. She had her mind on one thing — finding a parking place.

In the nick of time, I grabbed my sauntering nine-year-old (who is too cool to hold our hands) and yanked her out of the way. And I did something I never do — I went up to this lady’s window and tapped on it and said, “You almost ran over my kids!”

She cupped her hands over her mouth and giggled, like “oops.”

OOPS!!!!

What do you do with events like this? I’m so mad just thinking about it, typing about it. This is the kind of thing you put into your “character sketch” notebook, and you make this lady a villain in one of your future short stories or novels.

All that to say … watch your kids. Keep them close to you while you’re crossing the parking lot. Try to shop during the day (yeah, right).

It feels good to rant. Thanks.