At what point do you cave in and ......

[Guest guest]

Brother. When does one decide to cave in and use those truly " stylish " scooters

in Walmart? Or ask the spouse to push you in a wheelchair in Lowes?

I & our 3 kids, 15-12-8, spent Sunday nite thru yesterday morning at our county

4H Fair. Camped there. I didn't just spend my spoons. I mortgaged &

second-mortgaged my spoons. My feet/ankles/knees are so painful that I didn't

unload our crap out of the truck yet! The 15-yr old has a daily babysitting job

from 7-4, the 12-yr old's at work on the farm with his dad. My helper is the 8

yr old and she can only do so much physically. I HAVE to restock groceries today

(am seriously considering eating Chinese Buffet again so I don't have to cook

again) but I know I can't do all the walking for groceries and still survive to

go to Terre Haute with my hubby for supper and remodeling supplies.

I am 41 and most people who I see in Walmart don't know that anything is wrong

with me. Is it normal to get looks of " lazy broad, nothings visibly wrong with

you " looks? For a laugh is it OK to make faces back? (just kidding, of course).

Is it normal to feel like a failure for using one of the scooters? I know I need

to use one today but I really REALLY don't want to, which is an irrational line

of thought but I'm not normal. ;-) As for a wheelchair I'll get farther with him

pushing me around as he knows what I'm going thru right now. He left me a note

telling me that in my sleep I groaned & cried while rubbing my knees and feet.

That must have been funny to watch a BBW curl up in sleep to do all that!