Went to break this morning with the intention to read a couple of pages with my book and enjoy my little cup of applesauce. I got up to the break room and found the "regulars" were already head first into their papers and books. Just as I got ready to try and blend in with the wall like I always do, The Lady with Major Issues (TLMI for short) entered the room. No matter where I see this woman or come into contact with her she is always talking to someone about all the sad things going on in her life. Her dad is really sick, her husband has a brain tumor, theres no money, the new Harry Potter movie did not follow the book like it should, etc. Well today when I thought she couldn't get worse, she did. I was just getting into my book when someone made the mistake of asking how her weekend was. Of course she replied with "oh...not so good..." To make a long story short, okay it might be long, there was a miscommunication with her 18 yr. old daughter and when she was supposed to pick her up at the airport. Well when she finally picked her up the daughter started getting mouthy and TLMI threatened to slap her because she called her a bad name. Well the daughter I guess pressed the last button and she slapped her on the face which resulted in a bloody nose for the daughter and TLMI cut her finger on the daughters tooth. Then the daughter threatened to jump out of the car while she was going 30 MPH so she grabbed her daughter by her hair and said "You might leave but your hairs not going anywhere." TLMI thought she wasn't being abusive her daughter, it was a punishment! I don't think it was serious enough for like assault charges kind of thing but who tells that kind of story in PUBLIC! I had to leave because this woman has obviously lost enough marbles to be telling this story outloud and might be ready to explode at any second. I'm sure I will get to hear an update tomorrow...yeah for me.
In other news, since I can't afford a ipod and Santa forgot to bring my laptop this Christmas (wink, hint hint) I thought I could have the illusion of being cool and take to work my $1.00 radio from Wal-mart. Its just a really small, clip-on radio with earplugs that look like it might be connected to a ipod. Well as I set out my lunch, I tried to get my radio to work so I could tune out the high school lunchroom atmosphere I was surrounded by. Well the only way the stupid thing would work is if I held the earplugs in with one hand. This means I was left with one free hand to eat a salad and turn the pages of my paper. Red flags should have been flying the moment I even attempted to do this. Salad pieces were flying and I kept losing the grip on the radio so the station would disappear. Finally I gave up and started eating my orange that I had prepared earlier by cutting into fourths. This is an easy task at home but a little more difficult in public. It only took one slipping out of my hands and bouncing across the table to make me stop. I'm starting to think the student center is not the place for me. I guess I should go back to eating in my car.
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