happy voting day

©bobbi plentovich lewis "happy voting day" 2020 prismacolor on paper 8 1/2" x 11"

     good morning campers.........oh my gosh....i was almost completely done with my blog when something went caflooee and i lost everything......arrrrggghhhh......... always save....always save....always save.......so frustrating...........moving on....
       so..... happy voting day!!......when i started to vote...they used to have curtains that you pulled around you to hide spying eyes on who you were voting on.........not that anyone could really see, but it was kind a neat.....and  kids loved to play under the curtains and the little voting booth thing....which reminded me of my mom taking us to the store....lazarus to be specific....and not the lazarus that was miraculously brought to life after being  dead.....which was kind of like how i felt after the shopping trip....well not the miraculously alive part but the other.............so lazarus was part of northland mall in columbus, ohio.........the mall wasn't an inside mall but just stores near each other with walking paths between them........ lazarus was kind of like walmart where it had everything... but a lot of different floors and it was a more upscale place.....not a place you went to everyday......special occasions...well for us......
         so my mom brought me.....i don't know why cause i could have stayed with the neighbor......but anyway....so it's my mom, with my bratty baby brother in a stroller, and the evil older sister.....who because she's in middle school gets a clothing allowance, .....i was rolling my eyes there........which basically gave her enough money to buy fabric to make an outfit..........store bought dresses were a little pricier.....so she was off to the fabric section....top floor i think.......and we were looking through clothes....and i was bored.....so remember, i was a spy at that time.......i see the round clothes racks and decide to work on my spying skills......so off i go.......the round racks are great cause you can get under them in the middle and nobody sees you......i was stealthily moving from one rack to the other and having a grand time......my mom finally realizes i'm not to be seen, starts calling me.......well i'm just getting my spy skills going now, so not being flippant, but i ignore her..........my mom gets more worried and gets others involved.......ya know sometimes just answering right away saves a lot of pain.....and then there's me........so i continue on with my spy games and now my mom is in a full fledged panic......by the time i got snatched up and my mom saw me, panic went right out the door.........and "the look" showed up.....ya know "the look"....it says so much with out saying anything....and yet leaves a lot to the imagination....and i have a great imagnation.........so my mom leaves the store quickly, with that fabulous smile on her face.....thanking everyone for their help..."thank you so much, i was so worried" ( i'm beyond furious), "i'm so glad yall helped me to find her" (i'm so embarrassed that i had to ask for help in searching out this child that makes me look like an incompetent mother), "she is just such an inquisitive child" (who's gonna get her rear end worn out for the trauma i just went through) (and the salespeople are saying to themselves " she's gonna get her rear end worn out when she gets home") (and i'm giving the pleading eye look to the sales people saying" can't i stay here, life is not gonna be good when i get home")...as my mom is dragging me out of the store with a fury that you should be able to bottle and sell........
            so yes i did get a spanking and had to do extra chores......did i deserve it?....probably.......wasn't the first, wouldn't be the last.......it wasn't that i was a bad kid, i just always went a different path......i would say i drove my mom to drink, but she didn't drink....she did have a nervous tic that appeared during my high school years....hasn't quite gone away yet...........my mom always said that i stayed up at night thinking of ways to drive her crazy........she gave me too much credit....in reality i didn't think that far in advance........chaos and mindlessness were my running mates......the former proceeded the later, but it was always very interesting...well for me.......
       have a super groovy voting day!

©bobbi plentovich lewis "sharing a little sunshine #5" 2020 prismacolor on paper 8 1/2" x 11"