Tonight, LMC and I were both in my study, playing on our iPads.
It was quiet for a long time until, out of the blue, she said, “You know what’s funny?”
“Me,” I said.
There was no further conversation.
Made Me Smile
Ear buds in-nuendo.
Today, one of my office buddies said to me, “You know what I wonder about myself? If I’m listening to music with ear buds in, do I breathe louder?”
I had no idea what to say to that, except to comment that the thought had honestly never crossed my mind.
She continued, “There was a kid in class and he had ear buds in, and he was breathing really heavy. But you don’t do it when you’re listening to music. I’ve never heard you doing any heavy breathing at all.”
“That’s probably a good thing!” I said.
And there I was, dying laughing at my own double entendre.
Thankfully, she was laughing, too. That’s probably also a good thing, really.
Lost: one tooth.
Today my 9 year old nephew, Hamish, showed me the space where he just lost a tooth while eating a pie.
I commented that he was lucky that he didn’t swallow it.
“I’ve only ever swallowed one tooth.”
“What did the tooth fairy do then?” I asked him.
“I wrote a note and told her that I swallowed my tooth, but could I have the money anyway? But I never got the money.”
“Did you look near the toilet?” I asked him. “Maybe you just looked in the wrong place!”
When he finally stopped laughing, I said, “Why don’t you tell that story at ‘Show and Tell’ tomorrow? It will make your teacher’s day.”
I do so enjoy being helpful.
Trying a little tenderness.
The man of the house cooked steak with Diane sauce for dinner tonight.
It was delicious.
LMC didn’t like it though. Her face screwed up and she very expressively said, “Ugh!”
She scraped the sauce off her steak with a very serious look on her face: there was no way she was going to leave any of that behind. She then ate the rest of her meal quite happily.
We adults were chatting happily as we ate, and then I realised what she was doing.
As she extracted each pea from the sauce, she said to it gently, “I’ll save you!”
Then she carefully rolled each pea around the plate to get the sauce off before she ate it.
After a while, I said to her, “Any talking to your vegetables should be done in your head.”
Silently, she continued the ritual until all the peas were gone and only the gravy remained.
It really was cute and funny. especially as she’s not usually so sentimental when it comes to her food.
I guess next time we’ll just give her the steak without the sauce.
A Very Random Call That Made My Day
I was sitting at my desk at work today when I received a call from a number I didn’t recognise.
Me: “Hello!”
Caller; “Oh hi, is Anthony there please?”
Me: “There’s no Anthony here.”
Caller: “Oh, I probably dialled the wrong number.”
Thinking that my pastor’s name is Anthony, I asked, “Which Anthony did you want?”
Caller: “The manager at the loading docks…”
Me: “Ah, no. I’m out in the sticks. Sorry.”
Caller: “Well, you sound nice, anyway.”
Me: “Nawwww, shucks.”
Caller: “Thanks, I might call back if I ever need someone to be nice to me.”
Me: “Haha, no problem. Have a good day!”
Caller: “See? You’re just nice. Bye!”
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