Don't make me take off this Hat!

Many of you may have on occasion heard me refer to my hat... Let me explain...

My "hat" is sort of an analogy, it symbolized my experience in "Christiandom", which is sorta new. You see, it hasn't been that long ago that I was saved (for the 2nd time), and I often find it a tad bit difficult to deal with situations like a "Christian". I guess I still see some things through "worldly glasses". Now don't get me wrong.. I carry myself with some type of decency, I humble myself, and I try to "meet people where they are", but there have been alot of times within these past few weeks where I just have to take off my hat!

Take for example last Saturday... we stopped at Dunkin' Donuts, while waiting for my cup of coffee I asked the lady at the drive through window if she could throw an old dunkin donuts cup in the trash for me. She gives what appeared to be a genuine smile, and says "sure". She then turns around and starts talking to the other store employees about how if one more customer asks her to throw something in the trash she's gonna throw a cup of coffee in their face... then she turns around hands me my cup of coffee, smiles and tells me to have a nice day.. WHAAAATTT? She's got some nerve... But I remained calm.. I did think about throwing that cup of coffee in HER face parking the car and beating the donuts outta her, but I managed to keep my hat on....

And then today, I'm driving to the post office and I'm almost killed! No exaggeration...I'm driving through Olney Plaza stopping at all the crosswalks doing like 15 mph, when out of nowhere a cop car almost slams into me. I had to slam on my brakes and swerve just to avoid what would've been a very nasty accident. I took a moment to breath, and I realized I was still alive... all good in the hood right?? Not exactly, this cop gets out of his car and is now standing at the driver side window SCREAMING at me... Oh, I tried believe me I did.. but I had to take off my hat...

Later this same evening, Zoe came home with a letter from her school principal requesting our presence at a school meeting TONIGHT to discuss Zoe's excessive absences this school year. Apparently Zoe being out of school with strep throat for 4 days is considered excessive unexcused absences... even when we e-mail, write and bring in notes from her doctor. But Hold the Phone... This letter is dated October 30th... 2 weeks ago! While I was in the process of looking for a safe place to put my hat, I noticed that Kyle's hat was already off! It was gone... crumpled up in a corner somewhere... I had to keep my hat on, and help Kyle find his. Whew!