Nosey has a friend that he has had for 3 years. He is a good kid. Kinda quiet and very polite. We’ve had him over for a sleep over and not a bit of trouble. Now this school year he has moved to a different school. He and Nosey have been trying to get together this past summer but haven’t been able to because of our scheduling. So last week Nosey calls him and they talk for a while and I tell him to ask him to see if he can come over next week for a sleep over.
Well the child called last night asking what time to be here. I forgot about the whole thing. So I said, put your mom on. MISTAKE!! I was in the middle of cooking a big dinner for us, one that I had been planning on for a week. Chicken fried steak with the whole works. And if you cook big meals like that, with fried potatoes, rolls and other stuff you know you don’t have time to talk, you have to keep at it to get everything done at the same time.
She gets on the phone and for the next 20 mins, I am trying to finish everything, while listening to her talk on and on and on about this and that. She barely gives you time to reply, “Yeah”, “Wow”, “really??” or “OMG”. So I am trying make cooking sounds, you know running water, banging the side of the pan, knocking plates together. Dear God does she ever take a breath? No. She is jabbering so fast and spitting out info I know I will never need, nor will I remember she said. On and On she talked, and it seemed like she could here the pans, but chose not to listen.
Just about the time the rolls are ready and I am about to yell at the kids to go wash up, and come eat, I am sweating so profusely, there is a break. The Break. The one you are waiting for. I quickly try to explain to her that we are about to sit down to dinner, she starts up again. By now I am in panic mode. I know dinner is going to be cold before I get her off the freeeekin phone. But then there is another break. Ooohh do I ever scoop it up. I tell her quickly, “I have to go, but I will call you back after dinner.” Wheeewww. But do you think I did?….Ha, not. I will though try to call her back today sometime. When I know I have a good 2 hours to listen. Heh.
Oh, and dinner was excellent.
