One of my all time favorite people watching experiences is to go food shopping at the Safeway on Mother’s day morning.  Every dad in the neighborhood has dragged their uncooperative progeny in the hopeful attempt to salvage a Mother’s Day breakfast.  It is a site to behold. Kids screaming, father’s panicking, helium balloons being let loose in the store… Even if you’re not a parent this is worth checking out.   I, of course, participate and like anything I do, it always more satisfying to do it 100%.  So, I take a few extra steps to ensure I get the full experience.

1. Give the kids a little sugar before heading to the market
2. Only bring one toy and expect them to share
3. Promise to get them the shopping cart with the cool car attached knowing that it will already be taken
4. Walk slowly down the candy isle several times without buying anything
5. Check and recheck shopping list while muttering “I know I’m forgetting something”

Anyways, from me to all the Dads out there doing there best to survive an extremely hostile and unfamiliar situation (imagine landing in Bosnia under heavy gunfire like Hilary Clinton did),  Father’s Day is almost here.  Remember to clear your bubbles in combat conditions.