The Poodle Lady

Let me set the scene for you...... There's me, taking my black lab Moxy on a walk, with my toddler who likes to run. We start our walk at our usual fast pace {okay, I start chasing Max} We turn our first corner and there she is, the poodle lady, of course at this point I never expected anything bad. Then Moxy saw it, she saw the poodle{she does not like poodles} As she saw this poodle she decided she HAD to be closer, much closer. At that very moment we were standing on top of a little hill, covered in loose dirt. So as Moxy decided to yank her way towards her poodle any guess what happened to me? Yep, I went down fast, as I was being dragged down the little hill on my side I was telling Max to wait for me. I finally regained control of my crazy dog and glanced up at the poodle lady, and what was she doing? Was she asking if I was okay? NO. Was she heading the other direction to remove the source of my little disaster?NO. Was she offering to help me catch my toddler as he ran away from me?NO. She gave me a weird, almost nasty look, and continued to walk right past our little disaster scene without saying a word. Really? So silly me, feeling very stupid, and in shock of her silence apologized to her...why did I do it? Not sure, I guess when I don't know what to say in certain situations I turn to saying sorry. She still just glared, not picking up her speed. After telling my dog that she should NOT pull me like that I collect my child and we go back down the hill {on our feet this time} to a little grass area for Moxy to do her business. As I looked down at my scraped up leg I started to realize how rude that poodle lady was and how much I wish I didn't apologize to her. And then.... guess who came back, yep the poodle lady, she didn't even bother to walk around us, she walked right by, almost like she wanted to see me fall down again. I held my dog VERY close as she passes, at her slow pace, like she owned the place. Wow, what nerve, first you don't even bother to say ANYTHING to me after I am dragged down a hill, then you give no effort to get your dog away from my dog, and THEN you walk right back by?? Well Poodle Lady, I am sorry that I interrupted your nice walk in YOUR apartment grass. I am so annoyed I think I'll just move, yeah that's what I'll do, I think I'll pick up keys to a house on Friday morning and then I'll be out of here. That sounds good :)

Kelly Callahan