Midland

Mum the three girls and I went for a drive to visit some places in Midland. It really isn't that far but we seem to always make a day of it. We looked around as we women do, and by the end of it, we were tired. But even more then that, we were hungry.

Mum was fixated. "McDonalds!" She insisted with glowing eyes.
We were unimpressed. It wouldn't be enough for us. "Bread." We all agreed.

We went into a dingy looking supermarket with outrageous prices. We were starving, so Cherish and Tammy ran around collecting stuff. I figured it wasn't worth it, and prepared to go next door, thinking as i always do that everyone else automatically knows what I'm doing, and can read my thoughts.

I waited outside for the hoard to join me. But it took them a while to realize that i was gone, and they were running around looking for me. Mum wanted McDonald's again.

We trailed out, getting on each others nerves as hungry people do. Empty stomachs are never calm people, and my solution is usually to stride to the next solution, letting everyone follow me, which they usually do.

This time, it wasn't working. Malnourished now, the chickies were clucking away. We went next door, which looked more like a shiny empty barn in comparison. Inside however, we found a thriving mall, full of people, decent food, and lights.

Do hungry people also get hyper? The girls, seeing the food, stopped following me, and instead i found myself following them. I got tired of it at one point and waited for them at the most promising food shelf (Bread) . But after about a minute of waiting, i saw them at the other end of the store and followed them in a full circle around the outer edge of the supermarket. When i finally caught up to them (after almost running), i heard these welcome words:
"We were looking for you!"

So we left, sat down on the first bench we saw, and the next thing we noticed was a missing Mum gliding around the corner, coffee in hand. "Hi Girls," she cooed. She was gleeful with her drink, and thankfully, only spoke of McDonald's twice more afterwards.
"Did you have a nice break from us?" Someone asked her. She replied with motherly reassurance. "I did actually!" It was lovely."

We sought out a park next, at first we were not so particular about exactly what could serve as a park. I was pointed to tiny gardens, a patch of grass outside a parking lot, a tree with a rock. It was all nature, but it just wasn't big enough. We felt Chinese.

We found a park. A massive place with lots of grass, TWO whole tables, play equipment, and trees. It was suitable and we consumed almost all our lunch there. Mum was still gloating over her coffee. The rest of us were ravenous. We only left one table behind.

While we were gleefully enjoying the sun, the lack of standing, the loss of stress, and the chips, we noticed a gathering.
Some happy couple were getting married, the wedding party started heading in our direction. The combination of hunger, tiredness, and hyper made us near mad.

"They're coming to us!" One shouted.
"How sweet." Said Mum.
"Oh no! Are they going to take photos here?"
"I don't think so," someone pointed out, "not with five dirty looking women in the background."
One of the insane added "Lets throw our chips at them!"
Mum started giggling uncontrollably. She somehow had the best time, she told us later.

Thankfully, they went widely around the park, avoiding us altogether. We had won the standoff. Nerves settled and emotion levels at normal again. We went home.