Saturday, November 24, 2012

Dialog

Dialog avec boy.

Him to dog: All right, I'm going to unload the dishwasher and then go to bed.

(Departure from my room to kitchen.)

Me, realizing the opportunity: Yo! If you feel so inspired, set up the coffee for the morning.

Him, calling back from the kitchen: I'm really tired.

Me: Yo! Set up the coffee for the morning.

Him: Ugh.

That better mean that I have one-button coffee in the morning. Really, that's what it ought to mean.

Today would have been my mom's 70th birthday. A few years back, we talked about doing a cruise for her 70th birthday celebration. I was more okay than I expected to be with today being an entirely solitary day at home because honestly, she would have liked it that way. And I woke up this morning to Ghosts at #1 on the best giveaway Contemporary Fantasy list, which...well, those lists are kind of a joke. A) So what if you can give away more books than anyone else? Talk about a meaningless metric! And B) Amazon lists are fluid and flexible and really don't reflect anything much at all. But still, it felt like a nice birthday present when it wasn't really my birthday.

2 comments:

  1. I did indeed! I nearly forgot, though, and dumped out the brand-new coffee grounds. I had one sleepy moment of staring at them wondering what was wrong with that picture before I realized the coffee maker was set up to go. He's a good kid. Possibly one of my best moves as a mom was teaching him how to make omelettes and coffee.

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