You are cruising the aisles of Costco. Wondering about that first turn into the wine section. You want to conserve your energy (budget) even though it is easy to lose yourself in the Costco vineyards- and even easier to get into tied up in the immortal battle of reds versus whites. On this particular day we had LB guiding the chariot. And like any feisty jockey she was fired up. She has seen what can come from this store. In the past, it has delivered cases of milk, bags of her favorite fruit and a teddy bear bigger than mom. These purchases are handled in fluid motions, almost as if every item was part of a shopping list. Any break in the motion could cause a systematic breakdown in the shopping experience and a 300% increase to the purchase total.
Well this past Sunday, San Antonio brought out some first time Costco shoppers. Several people unfamiliar with the track and even more foreign to the cadence. So you can guess what happened next. The lead chariot veered off track coming out of the wine section. And our little LB persisted on her current path which caused our chariot to clip the lead horse's hoof. And that horse was not happy. Despite the several apologies and ouches, it took a perfectly timed "uh oh" from Lb to break the tension. To which I replied- uh oh is right. Unfortunately, no one else found this to be amusing. We barreled through the rest of the store in record time. Hoping and praying not to cross paths with the personality plus horse. I didn't even stop for my 1.50 hot dog and soda. Which is the cornerstone of any good weekend. I will never forget this day, the first occasion that my own kid had to get me out of trouble. This truly is the start of something wonderful.
Picture above was taken right before an uh oh moment.
