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I didn’t realize at all what I was doing, but I felt that I needed to be strong and hopefully not get charged a crazy amount. While I know it’s an option for some, for me, I want a person to talk to about the car, to show me how it works (I once spent :30 minutes once trying to figure out how to open the hood), and a physical place to go when there’s a problem. I admit in my experience at Park Place, I actually waited a few minutes after my car was done because I didn’t want to leave I once had a car I requested in black that I literally was signing the documents on my car to purchase, but when I saw the car, I saw that the “black car” was actually navy.

I want to make sure that I documented the moment for me and my family, but it doesn’t mean I want to share it with my network of friends on social (work, church friends, or acquaintances.) I mean there are times you want people on social to see that first day of school pic or maybe that travel shot you took when you get home from vacation, but with ibi, you can make sure it’s just your mom and dad or your sisters. And if you don’t want anyone but your hubs to see your shots, then don’t worry, you set up your circle to make sure it’s only who you want who can receive what photos you have on ibi. Hey, with all the other mamachallenges you have happening, if you snap that perfect shot, don’t you want to make sure you don’t lose it and most of all, don’t necessarily share it with the world?

I cannot even handle it when people take phone calls in public places like the doctor’s office and talk like no one else is in the room. We do it and we don’t even share the whole story because most of us don’t ever feel like it’s actually enough. It’s when I’ve had a super early morning, when I can stop through McDonalds and grab a medium cup of McCafè coffee (my favorite coffee bar none), hot and just the way I like it with three creamers. And you get a chance to talk with other women especially about women in business during Women’s History Month.

But when I walked into the doors of The Bistro at Garland ISD Gilbreath-Reed Career and Technical Center, I figured out this was not the high school experience I remembered. Led by Director Etienne Walker and taught by Chefs Rob Richards and Alex Bar-Sela, the students really went to the next level to give us the royal treatment to remember with decor and an elevated hospitality experience as they served us each with an offering of the drink de jour, the Smokin’ Jamba Juice served with frozen grapes and a dry ice “icicle” or the Mardi Gras Smoothie, layered perfectly for the occasion. The school, which supports all seven home high schools, gives real-world experience to students in careers from everything medical, investments, architectural, marketing, engineering, firefighting, logistics, and automotive mechanics. While they won’t let you enroll at GRCTC as an adult (I know I was ready to enroll), they do invite visitors to dine at The Bistro.