Jeremey came home this afternoon from Asheville. He had been at a meeting for the past couple of days and instead of cooking dinner we decided to eat out. For those of you who know us, we eat out a lot which is odd because Jer loves to cook...LOVES to cook. Destination- Texas Roadhouse. I LOVE anything that is Texas and the Texas Roadhouse is a definite love. This location recently opened and it is constantly packed. Drew was a tiny bit moody and he was fine up until the our waitress brought us our dinner salads and the fit commenced. This is pretty much how it went...
M: "Drew can you tell mommy what's wrong?"
D: "No." continues crying while he is standing up in the booth.
M: "If you can't tell mommy what's wrong and you don't calm down we are going to walk outside."
D: " NO!" He is now screaming.
Mommy gets up and we walk outside. We talk about his behavior and he said he is ready to go back and sit down, so back we go.
And then, he starts again.
M: "Drew. I can't help you if you can't tell me what's wrong. Are you hungry?"
D: "No." crying.
M: "Do you want to sit by daddy?"
D: "No."
He screams and cries all while Jer is trying to offer him food. Jer's turn to take him to blow his nose because by now snot is everywhere. They come back and he is smiling as soon as he turns the corner and sees me. He sits down and points to his plate, which is empty, and what does he do? Screams. Screams as loud as his little voice will scream. I'm not one to spank in public, so I pick him up while trying to remain calm and grab our things and out the door we go. Jer is left to pack up our food and pay the bill.
Meanwhile, I'm standing there waiting for Jer to hand me my jacket and everyone around us is staring. And, oddly enough everyone is old enough to be grandparents except for this one family who was sitting behind Jer and they were staring as well. I understand that a 2 yr old screaming and crying at the top of his lungs is not ideal dinner entertainment, but is it really neceassary for you to stare? I mean these people were hard core staring which just irritated me even more. So, what do I do? I stare back. It was really more of a glare, but I'm sure my deathray stare made my point because I noticed that people wouldn't look me in the eye. Who's embarrassed now?
