So I decided to play hooky and take the afternoon. I got home around 1:00.
I need you to remember that this was a weekday. It was 1:00 on a weekday when I got home.
About five minutes after I walked through door, I heard the door open again. Matt and Ollie wandered in.
At 1:00. On a weekday.
Eli: Oh. Hi.
Matt: Hey. [Matt opens the fridge; retrieves some Diet Coke]
Eli: Uh . . . What are you up to?
Matt: We just came over to play.
Eli: How did you know I was going to be home?
Matt: We didn't.
Eli: So you just hoped I would be home? At 1:00? On a weekday?
Matt: No. We assumed you wouldn't be here. We'll stay out of your way.
And they did. For the next seven hours, until it was time for Matt to take me to the airport to catch a flight, they played in the backyard, they took a nap in the basement, they did Matt's work, they played games on Matt's phone, etc.
I finally feel some vindication for all of those times my friends have told me I'm crazy for insisting that stuff gets moved around and food gets eaten while I'm at work.
~It Just Gets Stranger
I do this to my brother all the time (show up at his house during the week and touch all his stuff and eat his food and let my kids touch all his stuff).
ReplyDeleteDoes Matt also work for google fiber?
ReplyDeleteGood catch, Suzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Thank God we're all family here & have each others backs.
DeleteMy friends and I had keys to each others houses growing up. It wasn't at all uncommon to come home to someone sleeping in my bed or making dinner. When my friend moved away to college she came home to find that I had moved into her room. Are these things not normal?
ReplyDeleteIf you give a mouse a cookie . . .
ReplyDeleteThis.
DeleteThen Eli will want a cookie too...and a bag of peanut m&m's...and a couple bananas...and then the poor checker at the grocery store will be so confused.
DeleteIsn't it moose? Give a Moose a cookie? I don't mind the Moose moving in. I would rather that than the Mouse.
DeleteThe mouse gets the cookie, the moose gets a muffin, the pig gets a party, and the cat gets the cupcake.
DeleteI thought the pig gets a pancake? Mmmmmm pancakes.
DeletePancake. Cause then syrup, and bath, etc.
DeleteWe haven't read the pancake book here, but pig also gets a party. She wants balloons, and to decorate, she gets dressed and invites her friends, then havoc ensues.
DeleteSounds exactly like Eli.
DeleteEli's life....explained.
DeleteBut what about the Tee-Shirts???
ReplyDeleteMatt is nearly done with some designs. And they are awesome.
DeleteThis seriously makes my day better :)
DeleteI can't wait!
DeleteI will buy all of them. ALL OF THEM.
DeleteOh my! Doesn't validation feel great though?!! ELI YOU ARE NOT CRAZY CONGRATS!
ReplyDelete*Throws confetti at the screen*
*has to break out the handheld vac, realizes some of the confetti is super-tiny, and has gotten in the spaces between the keys of the keyboard, and has to break out the phillips-head screwdriver to take laptop apart; discovers the canned air is empty and the handheld vac has insufficient sucking power, and there are too many screws when trying to rebuild laptop. Sits and cries; calls Daddy for moral support*
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