I never thought so much ground could be covered in 22 hours

I never thought so much ground could be covered in 22 hours

I never imagined covering so much ground (literally close to 700 miles of it) in a 22 hour time period. I used to do trips for concerts at The Hotel Cafe in Hollyweird all the time back in my single-and-ready-to-mingle days. Those trips never seemed to phase me. Ever.

Now that I'm a 20-something mom with a 1-something Spawn Nugget, this trip leaves me disheveled. Those bags under my eyes and the sleep-deprived headache. That headache! Not to mention the physical distress my feet endured being shoved into high heels for the first time since God knows when. My daily wardrobe difficulty is usually a struggle between differing sweat pant options. Oh the horror of having to slap on some dress slacks, a nice blouse, and, you may want to sit down for this, jewelry.

The actual audience member experience for Dr. Phil was far from what I was expecting. For as outspoken I am on the episode's subject matter, my inability to raise my damn hand, as if it had been paralyzed by the fact that I was clearly the youngest mom in the audience, pissed me right off. Apparently I was suffering from not-on-stage fright. Like I mentioned in the last post, the bitchassness was on full volume and didn't waver even when the executive producer attempted to banter with a particular audience member. I'm not sure whether or not Paramount will edit that entire exchange out of the show, but be not afraid, I'll share after it airs.

Heather wasn't as much of a "guest" as I'd assumed she was going to be. Not to say I was expecting her to have radiant beams of light fanned out over her head and witness the flight of a dozen doves as she walked into the studio, but possibly a few more interjections than Dr. Phil simply plugging her site and real time Tweet-capades. Maybe I'm just irked by the latter because I WASN'T able to sit on my Crackberry and give the world a play-by-play? Who knows? Me. And I was. Damnit.

I sat next to this awesome blogger for the duration of the taping. She's curt, to the point, and not afraid to put someone in their place. There's something to be said about people like that...they're badass!

P.S. Did I mention that the show parking happened to be in a Jewish cemetery...for $10? Oh yah, parking was in a Jewish cemetery for $10.