Just got this email from my wife. "Hi Hope your monday goes well at (work) hell ;P So (son) has swimming mon to thursday this week everynight again....then he passes level 4! (pretty sure he will pass) And I have my course from 9-2PM friday and (Sister In Law) is taking (son) for me. I will do some groceries on thursday night, so if you need or want something let me know by then ok! Are you able to get (son) from sister in laws) or do you want me to see if she can drop him off to you when you get home friday night. I am camping for 2 nights and (somethingfest) concert and shopping in the states too. The next weekend you are prob working again and me and (son) are off to get the girls. Also good luck on wednesday with your interview. PS called (daughters) this AM and they are having fun off to the beach and kyacking too. Maybe call them when you get home from work as not to upset them right before bed."
This does remind me a little of that scene (was it a Woody Allen movie or maybe a George Carlin routine? I can't remember . . . ) where the guy goes into a convenience store, and wants to get a dirty magazine, but wants to be all nonchalant, and so he says to the clerk "I'll have some Tic-Tacs, and a 2-litre bottle of Coke, and some Advil, oh and that Penthouse right there, and some gum, and . . . "
So yeah, she's probably trying to finesse you Johnnie, but so what? You need to ask yourself "What did I just possibly learn right there, that I didn't already know??"
Have you ever seen the "You're already dead" scene, from "Band of Brothers?" Many around here have found that it's the best way to DB when dealing with the really painful stuff:
