September 30, 2004
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Two weeks ago, my sister and her partner were driving from NYC to
We went to one of our favorite restaurants and then took the short tour; a good time was had by all. There were lots of photographs taken and we talked almost continuously the entire time.
She cracked me up when she reminded me of a time when we were kids and got into trouble. Neither of us could recall the initial offense but we both remembered the second and third offenses. Yes, this day, we hit the trifecta!
Our mother sent us to our rooms, which were separated by the hall. Our instructions were to stay in our rooms for some long forgotten period of time.
How were we to know that meant we couldn’t sit in our respective doorways and sing opera across the hall? It’s also safe to say that we had no concept of the acoustics in our house and just how horrible it must’ve sounded to anyone who had the misfortune of hearing.
Anyway, we got into trouble for the opera too and then for laughing about getting into trouble for the opera. Our mother found no humor in this for some reason!?! It was just one of those days, I guess?
It’s better than getting into hot water for say, ending a sentence with a preposition. Oh yes, that only happens to you once or twice because inevitably, you get corrected in front of friends and the humiliation of sounding stupid washes over you like a 40 foot wave. You don’t realize until years later that your friends, at that time, couldn’t tell a preposition from a box of hammers. So much for age and wisdom…
