Sometimes Alex can really catch out the unwary with leaps of reasoning no one will ever expect.
Take for example this afternoon as we were returning to the house for a brief pit stop that includes a snack and getting changed for his shift at the Garner Chick Fil-A on Timber Drive.
We were sitting at the Shanta and New Bern Av stoplight when he pulls out his green snack bag.
I suggested to him that he might want to wait until “we are inside”.
I probably should have finished that thought and been more explicit because he looks at me with a smile and tells me that “we are inside!”
OK Mr Smartypants, I meant inside the house as opposed to inside the Traverse.
It’s not often he gets me like that but it does happen from time to time.
What I wasn’t prepared for was him to glance over at the screen for the sound system with an even bigger smile approaching Cheshire Cat proportions.
The radio was happily playing the WFOX “everything but the sink” playlist full of one-hit wonders and other artists who I have a favourite track or two.
Sometimes, he knows my playlists better than I do!
In this particular instance, I knew *EXACTLY* which two tracks he was thinking of:
- “Our House” by Madness
- “In My House (12 inch mix)” by Mary Jane Girls
At this point, he’s proven and won his case but then I’m granted a reprieve from him actually eating in Traverse in the form of a small container of hummus to accompany a packet of pretzels.
He’s happily enjoying them now at the kitchen island *INSIDE THE HOUSE* and I’m sure it’s an even more tasty treat for him knowing that he not only got me once but *TWICE* in the span of 60 seconds.
Why I oughta… 😉