-->He slept the majority of the game
-->He spit up on the majority of adults
-->We sat in front of a very proud lesbian who loudly talked the whole game about ex-girlfriends, what she is looking for in a woman, first girlfriends, coming out to her family, etc. I am all about loving who you want but I do believe some conversations are meant for more private venues. At one point Maxwell's grandpa threatened to shoot himself. This is why I discourage weapons in public places.
-->I dropped the boys off and then parked the car (I parked the car on Harvard Yard). I found a lovely parking lot that was $4 cheaper than the lot across the street, and had tons of open spots, so I pulled right in! The sign for their lot said something about "The Church" but I tend to not question anything when I'm in a new situation, so I went with it. They filled out a little parking slip for my car, asked for my phone number in case they needed to "reach me" (didn't question it, nope) and also gave me a plastic bag full of books. I made a joke about getting presents for parking in their lot, and they told me how to find my car after the game and also said if we wanted to go out after the game we could leave our car their all night. I said, no no...we have a baby, we may not even make it through the whole game! Then, I parked and as I was walking out of the lot, the woman called out to me, "Where is your baby?!" I explained to her that my husband had him, and she was relieved - she had heard a lot of stories about people leaving babies in the car accidentally. Anywayyyyyyyy, it was the most pleasant parking experience of all time. When we returned to the car after the game, we realized we were in the parking lot for the Church of Scientology and our bag full of books was literature on the religion. (Were you wondering what the point of this story is? Here it is!) You hear a lot of negative things about Scientologists (and all religions, really!) but these 2 people that I encountered were so helpful, so sweet, so normal (can I say that?) that I was shocked to learn of their religion. Is that weird? I know I shouldn't make a judgement about an entire religion based on 2 people I meet, but I also shouldn't assume Scientologists are "weird" just because their beliefs are out of line with my own. Then again, what do I even know about them? And don't all religions have ideas that are considered a little 'far-fetched' by outsiders? What am I even saying?!? Do I want to be a Scientologist?? I hope my grandma doesn't read this. Maybe this is my point: did they have to put the books in a plastic bag so that it isn't obvious right off the bat who they are with? Would some people not park in the lot because of the association? Discuss.
And that concludes this message from the Church of Scientology.
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