Note to Self

Thursday, August 07, 2003


Come Again

Trailing the heels of my compulsive-looker-for-lost-items confession, I just have to say...I am way more normal than at least a few people I know. That's scary.

A member of my old playgroup wins the prize for the Absolutely Most Self Absorbed Person on the Planet. Yes, I see the irony in this statement. I do recognize that it is being stated by a person who sits down and composes glorified Dear Diary entries to herself, and anyone who may google 'thong underwear', and yet I still stand behind this statement.

Our playgroup has been around for a couple of years, has seen members come and go, and has continued throughout with a several core members. This particular person, who will now be known as H., became a core member, and rarely missed a single playgroup. That was about all that she didn't miss. Unless it was imperative to H., she would completely blow it off. She recently had a baby, and I really think she believes that her baby only nurses to inconvenience H., not for actual nourishment. H. acts so put out when she has to care for her baby. However, this is neither here nor there....

The rest of the core members decided that in light of our children getting older, the school year beginning soon(hs and ps), the debut of Corrie's store, Tamara moving, and the tolerance for H. wearing very thin, the playgroup had served it's purpose and would be retired. Of course for the benefit of H., we left out the last reason when we announced it at the last playgroup. It was slowly brought up, thoroughly discussed, made very clear that the playgroup would cease to exist. She expressed some sadness at the prospect of her older dd not having regular playmates anymore, but all in all, it went really well. After she left, we all commented on how pleased we were with her reaction to the news.

Sunday afternoon my answering machine is beeping when we returned home from church. It was H. Odd, I thought, she never calls me just to chat. So, I take the bait and call her back. Aha, she wants to know where playgroup will be Monday. Huh? Were you not at the last one where it was announced that everyone else had to pull out of playgroup for various reasons, and that it was being retired? Of course she was there, she just wasn't paying any attention to what we were actually saying. Never one to disappoint, she once again proved just how obtuse she really is. Again, I explained it to her...playgroup is no longer. I think she understands now. I think.

Note to Self: Give someone enough rope, and they may just hang themself.

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