little Miss Judge

Did I mention that this blog is also a place for me to come when I need to fess up??

Well...it is!!!

I can really be the most judgmental person on the face of this earth (I know right?? I'm also the one who hates intolerance) so why then...did I almost totally write someone off...just because they seem to be a grouchy and mean old lady most of the time?? Really?? yes really.

Well...guess what happened??

I had to spend an entire day with this very person.

Man oh man was I dreading it!!! I was like (talking to myself again) "Self...see what you get for talking smack about that lady to your friends...now you have to spend the whole day with her!!! Just you and her!!! A double shot mocha (I was wishin I had one!!!) couldn't even bring a smile to this situation.

So...I dragged my feet as long as I could...my friends told me "good luck" as I was leaving and that "We will be thinking of you"...I wanted to hit them!!!

So...out of my classroom I went...up the stairs...telling myself once again that I'll just tell her that I have to get this stack of books read before my next book club meeting and that I really didn't feel like talking.

I finally get there and she looks at me...before I could tell her about my books and she says "Let's go get some comfy chairs to sit in" and I'm like...yes...sure...ok. After that...I don't remember much except...listening to how much of a music fan she is and that she likes a lot of the same music that I do. We talked and talked and time just flew. She told me that she really liked this one particular artist...but she didn't have any of his cds...she really liked one song very much. I went on to tell her that I had that CD and that I would love to burn a copy for her.

Long story short....she's way cooler than I am!!! but...I can't believe that I almost missed out on making a new friend...just because...she wasn't what I thought she should be.

"So...Self...be kind to strangers...cause you're quite strange yourself"