I saved my eldest boys' a$$ in math tonight. Absolutely saved him. He has a big math project due and he screwed up in a HUGE way and I completely pulled his a$$ out of the fire. I told him earlier this evening, "You owe me BIG..."
He grinned.
I replied, "NO. You owe me. You have no idea how lucky you are that I'm so good with manipulating numbers and finding answers. My great analytical brain. Kids should be so lucky. YOU OWE ME."
He grinned.
I continued through the house, arms waving, my husband looking on, "Really. You are not appreciative enough. You know... there should be a shrine to me. You should build a shrine. You should be giving me small gifts at my shrine... like small pieces of chocolate that I will look at, but not eat."
And when I finished, I noticed that my husband and son were just staring at me. My son was still grinning. My husband looked a bit more shocked.
I stood there and said, "Really."
My husband, knowing there were really many wrong answers said, "Hey, you're right. They aren't appreciative enough. Really."
Heh.
Appreciation from a teenager? Riiight. They normally think it's part of your job description as a parent.
Posted by: diamond dave at March 2, 2010 12:07 AMLove.it! Shrine is right. Now would you give me your secret to a well trained husband?
Posted by: Lemon Stand at March 2, 2010 06:23 AMDD- You know what's funny, he is really big into thanking me. Even his buddies know about some of this stuff. This thing though... he finally said he was just still stunned by what I did. He'd screwed up some test data in a BIG way. Big. BIG. As did many kids in his class. I was able to go through the data and figure out how to make it 'right' so the analysis would work. He said, "Mom... I don't think anyone else is able to do this but you..." That was kind of thanks enough. That said, he still needs to build a shrine. That one isn't dying...
Lemon Stand- Umm... I suspect it was HE that did the training! He's put his foot in his mouth plenty of times, however. One time my Mom and Dad were here. THAT was funny. My Dad was in the kitchen and when my husband said it my Dad got this look of horror and said, "I'm leaving. He should have known better than that one. He's not going to win..."
Posted by: Bou at March 2, 2010 06:58 AMIs there room for a shrine to you in your house, what with that shrine to cold, wet sponges you built Jan 2009?
Posted by: wRitErsbLock at March 2, 2010 09:59 AMWB- OK, that is damn funny. I had to think... good grief that's funny,
Posted by: Bou at March 2, 2010 05:25 PMThis post hits home because we almost had to call you the other night.... I will send it in email...too lengthy to do here....
Posted by: P'cola Titan at March 3, 2010 02:13 AMChocolate shrine:
http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/01/28/chocolate-fukuoka-castle/
Posted by: Harvey at March 6, 2010 03:22 PM