sunday morning.
coffee...various animals.... the Mrs.....
Let's. Shall we?
Pretty sure I wasn't married, the last time I wrote here. So that's kind of a thing.
Easy button made permanent. how cool is that?
As we sit, companionably, in our VERY crowded little house (was supposed to be a MUCH bigger house, but... things happen.).
Dog's asleep next to me. Cat was laying on the back of couch until a moment ago, right next to my head.
WAS.
until my mere presence was enough to make her lash out, without warning.
Felt vaguely familiar, like moments from my past life I can't quite place...
Wedding was lovely, and the support from friends and family made our hearts very happy.
Everything went great, our time away, after, was exactly what we needed, and we were simply... content and happy with all of it.
until we got our wedding photos....
Won't go into detail here, but.... as it's not possible to gather everyone together, all dressed up, again... it's a good thing we have our memories.
Oh, and my wife had never seen me get really good and upset before. Everyone assumes, because I come across as pretty laid back most of the time, that... I'm pretty laid back.
and I am.
until.
Was downtown last night, doing a bit of shopping. We timed it so that, when we were done, we had to decide about dinner. Do we stay or do we go? if we stay there will be trouble... if we go there will be double...
uh... what? oh. Sorry.
So we made our way into Burdick's. We were seated right away. and...ignored. for a really long fucking time. finally got a drinks order in, and 20 minutes later... we were putting on our coats. Waitress strolled up with my beer, looked at us with our coats on, and said "Oh. are you not staying?" with a smirk. She then told us that it was the host's fault, because SHE DIDN'T WANT US IN HER SECTION, and we were put there any way.
You really showed THEM. twit.
on the way out the door, I stopped at the hostess desk. "waitress just blamed y'all for the service she did NOT give us.".
And the oh so busy waitress was RIGHT there next to me all the sudden, NOT to defend herself, but to DOUBLE DOWN on what she had said. While I'm still standing there.
Until....
a couple of unpleasant minutes later, we're out in the hall, while my wife puts her jacket on. A nicely dressed older man walks by. He had a worried look on his face.
Once layered, we're back outside, quietly fuming at the shear ridiculousness of what had just happened, when we notice a nicely dressed older WOMAN on the sidewalk, with a worried look on HER face.
She looked, to be honest, like she was about to start crying. We approach her.
She explained that her date had gone to get the car, but she hadn't seen him yet, and THOUGHT she was waiting for him in the right spot, and gosh, everyone's just so nice...
My wife assured her that this was NOT the case, but... we were, at least. and then we told her about the guy we had seen a moment before, and she was SO relieved.
I stayed on the sidewalk with her, surreptitiously angling myself to block some of the wind and cold, while my wife ran back inside. As I was not ready to go back into the restaurant, it was the best arrangement.... My new friend started to relax a bit, now that she had help. we were having a nice chat, and I was trying to figure out the best way to offer her my coat, when my wife comes back outside with the gentleman in tow.
After a brief round of "thank yous" and "no problems", we parted company with smiles. As we were starting to walk away, I heard them start to discuss where they got their signals crossed.
They did so in a respectful and sweet way.
maybe that's why, at age 80+, they were still dressing up and going out on dates together.
Way to keep an eye on the long game.
And.. Universe. Nice job, there, making us feel like we were treated shabbily for a good reason.
weird, but... nice job.
