I had a BIG birthday on November 5. Let's call it my 30th. That means I got married when I was 14. Don't think about the math too much.
PHD usually likes to try to surprise me in some way. One year the surprise was that he forgot my birthday entirely. Usually he does much better than that. It can be a lot of fun for me because I usually figure the surprise out in advance, by some fluke or another. By fluke I mean I keep asking "innocent" questions until someone gives some kind of clue that gives away the surprise, or PHD yells, "Don't tell her that!" which also gives away the surprise. So, he and the boys disappeared for a few hours the Saturday before my birthday. Boy 2 figured out pretty quickly how to use this to his advantage. Here's how that went:
Boy 2: Can we go for frozen yogurt?
PHD: Maybe.
Boy 2: Well, maybe, I will tell Mom her surprise.
Me to PHD after I stopped laughing: You are totally screwed for the next week!
No win. Either he does everything Boy 2 tells him or I find out the surprise. Boy 2 had his own little puppet for 7 days.
So, since they wouldn't tell me if they bought me a new camera for my birthday, I went and bought a new camera. I also may have blinded the children with the flash.
They are so dramatic. Vision loss was only temporary. Just to be safe, I returned the camera. To be honest, the bigger issue with the camera was that I didn't find the button/control placement intuitive and I missed a big shot. The boys and I went for a walk one dark evening. As they typically do, the boys started punching each other. Boy 2 got a good shot in then started sprinting across the park with Boy 1 close behind. I still don't understand how this is possible, but as he was sprinting, Boy 2 mooned us. And he still managed to keep out of Boy 1's reach. it isn't right that a boy can outrun his older brother at the same time as he is pulling his pants down far enough to show his little white butt sprinting across the park. Violates some law of nature or physics, or something, I'm sure. Anyway, because I couldn't find the record video button on the new camera, I missed our chance to become YouTube sensations and appear on the Ellen Degeneres Show. Camera had to be returned.
This post has gotten a bit long, and ADHDish so I am going to stop here and make it Part 1 of a more than 1 part series. If you want to understand the point of this post, or think "Maybe it will get better if I read more." (That's how I am every time I try corned beef: "Maybe this time I will like it". Does that make me optimistic or insane?), you can check back and read Part 2 whenever I get around to posting it. I think I just built suspense there. Or alienated you completely. Let me know.
This post has gotten a bit long, and ADHDish so I am going to stop here and make it Part 1 of a more than 1 part series. If you want to understand the point of this post, or think "Maybe it will get better if I read more." (That's how I am every time I try corned beef: "Maybe this time I will like it". Does that make me optimistic or insane?), you can check back and read Part 2 whenever I get around to posting it. I think I just built suspense there. Or alienated you completely. Let me know.
