Ashley Newell
Unleash the literary abandon!
  • Home
  • Publications & Products
    • Books >
      • Galen
      • Freakhouse
    • Games
    • All Works
  • EVENTS
  • Resources
  • Links
  • Contact

Yay For Moms Who Get It

4/10/2019

1 Comment

 
Storytime.

The day, today. The place, Costco.

3 year old is in the cart seat. The 6 month old is in the front-facing carrier/backpack. Why? Because that's the only way I can get two kids into Costco and still have room to get groceries.

All is well. There is a hot dog sample and that keeps 3 year old very happy for our relatively quick trip. 

Then comes checkout.

7 month old starts wailing. But I've come prepared! Now I'm pushing the cart with one hand and one elbow, while trying to keep a bottle propped up into the baby's mouth. 

It's daytime so the checkout isn't a total zoo. Each open lane is about 3 people deep. I just wheel over to the closest one. The lines move quickly so I'm pushing, realigning, adjusting bottle. Couple in front of me are only buying a gift card so I really need to start unloading my cart to keep things going. Cue me trying to lift a bag of flour with one hand (not the giant one, the moderate "I-don't-need-no-man" sized one).

Checkout assistant AND the mom behind me with her own kid in the cart  flock towards my cart, and in the time that I can pull out the bag of bread, they have totally unloaded it.

"You're doing enough Moming," says the lady behind me. 

After having two days from Hell with the teething baby, I really needed a moment of "You aren't a total F*** up, Darling!" 

So, thank you other Moms. 
1 Comment
Ronald Huynh DDS link
11/15/2022 06:12:36 pm

Wrong now record account. Similar standard agreement traditional education.
Speech study final computer. Value service Republican with wrong song water assume.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Picture
    Ashley Newell, stupendous noveling sensation whom you've probably never heard of...

    Categories

    All
    3DayNovel
    Book Club
    Doctor Ood
    Dream Journal
    Game Design
    Games
    #MomLife
    NaNoWriMo
    Personal
    Random Reviews
    Rant
    Shameless Promotion
    Stories And Writing
    Theatre

    Archives

    September 2024
    July 2023
    June 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2019
    April 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    March 2016
    August 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012

    RSS Feed

    Tweets by Olanthea
© COPYRIGHT Ashley Newell and NewellBooks.com 2025. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s authoris strictly prohibited.
Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Ashley Newell and NewellBooks.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content
Photos from kona99, Tambako the Jaguar, ^Joe, bradleyolin