Adventures in a public restroom...

Meanwhile….at the Local Market……

I'm rushing like a fiend….of course, what else is new? Trying to make a couple kid-free stops before picking up my big middle schooler….and I decide I gotta get rid of the super size ice tea I downed at lunch with my sweet Baboo….

Of course, I'm toting a fresh Chai Tea Late from the Bucks cuz I'm exhausted for some inexplicable reason….

Anywho…..I dash into the ladies, set my tea down and manage to disrobe enough to rid myself of aforementioned tea…..when, ….

…...you know what happened….you might as well quit reading right now! 

There's some sort of disturbance in the Force causing a slight shift in the earth's gravity sending my Grande, Soy, Chai Tea Late careening towards the ground!
(Or, maybe the TP deal was slanted on top….it could go either way!)

So…what do I do? Like any good person I start making juggling motions in a vain attempt to stop the inevitable from happening and in so doing…manage to not only NOT stop said event but intensify the repercussions…..

I not only missed the cup all together …but somehow managed to get Late all the way up the stall wall….all down my front…up both arms…and distributed fairly evenly across my coat and scarf.

Next….I did what any girl in this position would do….I started to cry as I watched that sweet river of tea slowly, and yet not-so-slowly, flow towards the drain just outside the stall door….mulling over in my mind-and quickly rejecting!- saving some tea by attempting to scoop some back into the cup….

And that's when….. another gal came in. She was in a hurry too….but stopped short when she came upon a river of tannish material flowing out of my stall accompanied by the sound of my tears…..

But, as I said, she was in a hurry so she tip toed past it and took up residence in the stall adjacent to mine where she embarked upon her own little journey….as quietly as possible…..

I had gotten my wits pulled back together and was attempting to take a quick bath in the sink…giving her lots of water and paper towel cover….

However, I don't think she was counting on me also returning to the scene, paper towels in hand, in an attempt to clean up the mess!
(I AM a mom for Pete's sake! Can't just leave it!)

So….Here she is….clearly regretting whatever she had for lunch….trying to be quiet about it….just hoping for a bit of privacy….
And I'm on my hands and knees, basically at her feet, working on wiping up what has apparently turned into a 32 OZ size tea mess with nothing to recommend me but some cheap recycled paper towels!

Sorry friend!

I did my best and got out of there before we had to look each other in the eyes….

I then immediately reported my mess to the good people at the market…who promptly sent in a teen aged boy with a mop….to further witness her horror…..

So…..if you need to use the ladies' loo at the market…..just steer clear of the center stall ….there's no way that kid found all that tea!

And if you see me tonight…as I have a meeting…..no mention of the latent Chai smell….. okay?