Criticism

Why is it that people are so fond of criticizing regardless of whether or not they are informed.

Saturday was a long, tiring and well traveled day. Woke up early and drove 18 miles to a yoga class to be with my teacher. Amazingly difficult and excruciating were on his mind that day. Crawled home and showered, husband made pancakes for breakfast! Slipped back in bed (towel still on wet head) and fell back to sleep until 2:30! Dried hair and got dressed (had a huge crease across forehead and face). Realized that a birthday gift had to be purchased and son #1 had to be driven to a skate park over 45 minutes away. No panic, just calm action, 2 skate shops, $140 later and we were on our way. Drop off the boy only to realize that the party host was really late, talked the guy into letting the kids skate even if the host hadn't arrived. Our plans to dump and ditch were thwarted and we stayed for over an hour. Starving!!!! Drove back to the West side and had to pop into Best Buy. Got a wall plug for the ipod touches the kids got for Christmas. Still calm and happy, but hungry.

Standing in line at Taco Bell waiting for my four bean burritos on Saturday night, couldn't help but start to feel it (criticism) creep in. Had to walk in because the drive up was so packed and not moving. Waited for 9 minutes to order as they were so understaffed. The women in back were flying and looked exhausted. Smiling and looking on, reminiscing about my high school days as a taco slinger. Felt better once the order was placed, noticed the mature woman just dying to sit down. She was working as fast as she could. There were 4 orders before mine, started to notice the mess on the floor and the critical mind started brewing. Had to remind myself of how it was to be so busy and not have help. Softened and smiled, relaxed and accepted to wait with patients. When she handed me the bag and apologized, my reply was "I worked at Taco Bell when I was 16, and remember how hard these nights were." Her face softened and she smiled, and thanked me with sincerity.

Catch the criticism before it tales hold.