1. Sisty was packing for her upcoming house hunting trip and fretting over finding a good place. No one in the room was really giving her much support or encouragement. Later, she asked if she could borrow Loochie's graph paper tablet. Immediately, her response was to hug herself and pace in the kitchen. Your youngest daughter moving a few states away to begin her married life? Crickets. Borrowing a pad of paper that you found at an estate sale for $1? Panic attack.
2. I went out to dinner to celebrate a friend's birthday at a Mexican restaurant. Per usual, the crowd in attendance was mostly couples. The waiter was having trouble keeping everyone's checks separate, so by the time he made his way to me he was more than flustered. He asked me who I was with and I replied "I'm alone". The table erupted in laughter and the waiter looked at me like I had 8 heads. Guess that's just what happens...
3. At dinner one night babysitting the kids asked me to tell them a story from when I was a kid. Admittedly, the one that first came to mind involved petty theft, but it was awesome so I deemed it appropriate for young ears. I prefaced with "if I tell you this, don't think I'm a bad person..." and the began the story by saying "it was when I was living in Florida..." The little girl looks at me and deadpans "Oh living in Florida doesn't make you a bad person". Some may beg to differ, sweet child.
4. While babysitting (again, this time for a different family), I was telling bedtime stories about monsters in outer space and the older boy kept interrupting. His little brother was getting impatient and wanted to hear the rest of the story. In a fit of 3-year-old rage, he jumped out from under his covers, ran over to grab a toy cell phone, and defiantly stood at the edge of the bed while yelling "UM HELLO?! POLICE!? YOU BETTER COME ARREST MY BROTHER BECAUSE THE MONSTERS ARE COMING AND HE WONT BE QUIET!"
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Frugal Nashville! Two posts in one day!
