Okay, I'm finally doing this.

I've never been good at keeping a diary or any sort of record of daily events and random thoughts. But I think this could work. We'll see what happens. Anyway, today I went shopping. Ugh. Lots of people and lots of stuff. I was waiting in line at Marshall's behind a mom about my age and her infant child. She (the baby, not the mom) was wailing incessantly, from her car seat stroller thing. After a couple of minutes, the mom made a comment to others in line: "As soon as I pick her up, she'll stop, I swear." I thought this meant she might pick her up. But she didn't. It then occurred to me that the mom was only making sure that everyone knew she wasn't denying her baby of any legitimate need like food or a diaper change. She only wanted to be held. Ugh. But I kept my mouth shut. Didn't want to put a damper on all that Christmas spirit.