Dream Crusher

So anyone who knows me knows that I have never met a stranger. I could probably talk to a brick wall and be content. I decided to reward myself for getting through my first half marathon with a pedicure. I know it is a month late, but I kept putting it off. On Sunday I went and got my pedicure and met the dream crusher.

The woman who I was sitting next to had recently completed a marathon and it was her reward to get a pedicure as well. I was very happy to have a common life experience to bond over. I figured we could be pedicure chat buddies. So we started to talk about her race and then I told her I had just completed my first half in March. She asked my time and I tolder her 2 hours 52 minutes. Most people then say congrats or that is so exciting. She looked at me and said, "Well at least you finished. That is a really slow time. Did you even train?" I was so mad. I couldn't believe she had just said that.

Our conversation then switched to why I lived in Columbia. I said I was going back to school for my MEd. focusing in higher education. She then shook her head and siad, "You want to go into schools, I am a teacher and I don't know if you can handle it." I then preceeded to tell her I wanted to be with college age students, not elemaentary school students and that I didn't want to teach. Instead I wanted to work on the programming side, she looked and me and said "Oh, you are one of those." I have no idea what the means...but my blood was boiling.

I stopped communication, and turned to a wonderful People magazine.

Moral of the story...don't be a dream crusher....because you will be remembered...and the person will not remember you fondly!