Mixed Bag Sunday

First I went to work today and had to deal with my annoying co-worker for 4 hours. I did well, but I was a little mean in a sneaky way.  See, she has this annoying habit of dominating people's conversations. Anytime someone comes in to say hello to me, Ms. Cantankerous takes over the conversation and I can't get a word in edgewise.  My aunt Fannie, who is responsible for turning me into a Trekkie, likes to come by to say hello sometimes if she goes to first service.  The annoying coworker found out my aunt was a nurse and now when aunt Fannie comes in, I can hardly say hello! The entire conversation suddenly turns into a whine fest  about her aches and pains and her elderly, sick siblings and in-laws.

Another young lady who used to do childcare and watch the kiddo a lot likes to come in and say "hi" to the kiddo and me.  We usually like to chit-chat about her ever increasing family. Today, I think I was able to utter a few phrases before Ms. Cantankerous took over the conversation.  Environgirl called me while I was at work to make plans to get together so we could get stuff for her Ren Faire costume.  I was asking her what her theme was and trying to get an idea of what type of costume she wanted and wouldn't you know that that annoying co-worker of mine was butting into my telephone conversation and trying to put in her two cents????

I got fed up and decided to hold an entire conversation with Ms. N, who has a very thick Bolivian accent and speaks Spanglish at best.  Since Ms. Cantankerous always complains about not being able to understand a word Ms. N says, I knew it would annoy the shit out of her if I were talking to her about how she met her husband and how she came to to the US.  My Spanglish is pretty good and I am very good at understanding people with thick accents. I think this is because my sister had a speech impediment when she little and I was the only one in the family who could understand her. It was hilarious to watch Ms. Cantankerous trying to follow the conversation, and it was good to know that once Ms. N gets a chance to talk, she can be quite verbose! 

Ms. N : Weel, mi husband he..ehm trabajo with the los aviones and he...ehm...they send him to Europa! He like it very much, but he had to learn...ehm....I don't know what to call....ehm Allemand?

Me: Really?? I didn't know that! Did you get tickets to travel too since he worked for the airline?

Ms. N: Oh no! I no like to travel!

Me: Allemand?  So your husband had to learn German?

Ms. N: Yes, but you know eet was so fun. He had to go to school with the childrens!

Me: *laughing albeit a bit affectedly*

Ms. Cantankerous: *sitting in annoyed silence*

Anyway, like I wrote earlier, Environgirl and I spent the day trying to get her barbarian costume together.  We had fun being silly and just hanging out.  It was nice to see her again.  She surprised me because she bought me two dresses and a cute shirt.  They fit nicely and the dresses will come in handy as I expand. 

However, the day was almost ruined because as we walked back to the car, the kiddo, Egirl and I noticed a car with three kids under the age of three left alone! The youngest was an infant of about eight or nine months!  I guess this idiot thought everything would be okay because she left the car running!  Egirl and the kiddo went to get Walmart security and I stood by the car to make sure they were okay.  We were livid!