Daughter called while I was in a shower getting ready for last night's Christmas party. She reached me after I got out, and demanded to know why I hadn't answered the earlier call.
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"I was in the shower."
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"It's early. Why were you in the shower?"
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"Because I wanted to take a shower."
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"But why were you in the shower?"
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"Aren't I allowed to take a shower?"
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"It's an unusual time for you to take a shower."
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"Aren't I allowed to take a shower at an unusual time?"
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The conversation continued along that vein. She was very suspicious. I wasn't going to tell her I was on my way to a party, because she'd have wanted to go. She doesn't need to know everything I do.
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The party was wonderful. The local college football team had a game last night, so there was a TV on in the sun room. Somehow all the seats in there were quickly filled with men wearing the school's colors. I figured we'd be able to keep track of the game from the noise coming out of there, so I was surprised when I went to check on the game to discover that there had been lots of scoring and the men hadn't reacted. Even worse, the local team was losing. "Why aren't you cheering them on? Maybe if you cheered, they'd do better?" One of them informed me that not only had the TV been muted, they had too. Another pointed out that the team wouldn't be able to hear them. A third speculated on the relationship between cheering and praying. They did begin to get louder, and the women, who were standing in the background watching over their heads, began to plot to take over their seats when they got up at halftime. The host announced the countdown to halftime, much as it is announced in the concession stand. Someone requested that the traditional carol singing take place at halftime. Someone else wondered if it could include the fight song. Several requested that the carols be sung quickly, and only one verse of each. We did sing at halftime, though not the fight song. It was a wonderful evening, and I enjoyed it much more this year, without Daughter trying to convince me she was suffering so much I had to take her home immediately.
2 comments:
Your conversation with your daughter makes me smile -- very much like mine with J. I guess it's an outcome of NCWGO (no clue what's going on) that she is highly suspicious, even when we have just discussed in front of her exactly what is happening next and why. -- R in Salt Lake
R, I'm sorry you're living through this, too, but it does help to know we're not alone....
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