Air and Space Museum

In just a few short weeks, we will be traveling to Virginia to visit with Family. While we are there, my husband would really like to take our son to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. I told my Mother this and she said, "Oh God, not the infamous Air and Space Museum."

Which brings me back to the summer of 1981. Our family was on the East Coast visiting Grandparents. While in Virginia, my parents thought it would be educational to take me and my brother to the Capitol of our great Nation. On the agenda for D.C., was to stop at the Air and Space Museum. It was an amazing sight, space shuttles and satellites galore. While waiting in line to enter a life size replica of a space station, some children cut in front of us to join their Mother. My Mother (who has a tendency to become miffed easily) then turns to me and my brother and loudly states, "That woman is setting a bad example for her children, letting them cut in line like that." At that moment, I acted like I did not know my mother. I was only listening to this crazy lady to try and pacify her. I was just trying to help. Finally, we walk through the replica (which I hardly payed any attention to because I was so mortified). Upon exiting the space station, there waiting for us, is the Mother with her children that like to cut in line. She holds up her camera and points to my Mother, and says, "Hey kids, watch me take a picture of the rudest person ever." To which my Mother boldly gives this lady the finger. It felt like I was watching the whole thing in slow motion, my cheeks burned red hot. As we pass them, I can hear the woman say to her kids, "that woman is setting a very bad example for her children."