The youngest princess slept over her cousin's house last night with the idea that they would sleep over here the next night. Asian-Sister-Out-Law called and asked when she should bring them here, at 3:18pm.
Me: Now? Well you could except I'm working...
ASOL: I have to do laundry.
Me: So you have to drop them off now?
ASOL: They can play in the basement...
So they are all here, and in the basement for the time being. I must make this job look incredibly simple because they all assume I can do it surrounded by chaos.
Posted by bbarton at April 28, 2005 01:34 PMShe pretty much just dropped them off. Beautiful Wife tells me that she felt really bad when she talked to her last night. Good!
Olympic Housework Events = Lots of Noise
Posted by: Bob on April 29, 2005 06:24 AMi believe the usual male response in cases like this is to say something along the lines of: 'My wife will be at home by '_____'... you can drop them off then.' Any excuses after that will not be understandable, as you will have suddenly lost your grip of english.
And i don't know what you do for a living, but in extreme cases like this, stooping to 'i'm in a video conference call with several important clients right now' is definitely allowed.
Remember: let this happen again, and we'll have to demote you to Just Another Housewife status.
Posted by: anan on April 29, 2005 03:05 PMDoes that mean I get to eat bon-bons? ;)
It was definitely more irritating in terms of her being thoughtless, than a problem work-wise. I could always pull out mean Uncle Bob and send them outside to play in the rain. :)
Posted by: Bob on April 29, 2005 03:22 PM
i can't believe you fell for the old 'i've got to do laundry' ploy. But then, i guess you couldn't exactly counter with the 'but i'm doing my hair' ruse.
Isn't there some way you could train them to have Olympic Housework Events while you work in peace?
Posted by: anan on April 28, 2005 08:30 PM