I helped today!

Why is it that when the doorbell rings I get all out of sorts.....

I start checking to see if everything is picked up, is there anything out I don't want people to see, do I have a bra on and more importantly is JD (3 year old) wearing pants (for some reason no one can understand why JD likes to play with his wiener??...maybe another post?)

Anyway, door bell rings, usual check and then I walk on over. Of course it's yet another ex-gang member selling magazines. First of all I have to tell you that this is the third person to try to sell me magazines this week. Any who....This guy is standing on my porch dressed in a suite giving me some speech about how he was in a gang and he is trying to better himself. At this point I am trying to keep two kids and two dogs in the house, get my checkbook so I can pay him off and pretend that I am interested in his speech. I stop to listen for a minute and he tells me "Oh your name is Shannon? I just met a neighbor of yours named Shannon...I have to remember blonde and tall and short and errrr beautiful" WOW did this guy just call me fat??? yep pretty sure in gang talk beautiful=fat! I didn't know how to respond to this so i run in to get the checkbook. When I come out he is then telling me how great I am because I am helping out the blacks. Really, did he just say that?? Now I really can't say no since he called me a borderline racist. He starts to write my order and I ask how much and he tells me 108 dollars. WTF??? I just want this guy to leave...so I write the check (making sure I see the cancellation information on the paper). I give him my check, take my receipt and wrangle everyone int he house. I decide to call my husband and tell him about my good deed for the day. He yells, I say I am sorry, he yells some more, I say FUCK I just said I was sorry and somehow turn it around on him. I may have even worked in a tear or two. (btw...this may not be word for word but this is pretty much how all our arguments go.)

So there you have it....I kept three people out of gangs this week. Unfortunately, four more will be joining since i keep giving away all our money. Luckily I have a great friend that picked up a NO SOLICITOR sign today...so know it is some else's turn to buy magazines and clean up the inner city!