Well, it seems that nothing much is going on lately. While I think this is probably a good thing for my personal growth, it doesn't give me much material to work with. And I do so love material.
So, I'll post this little exchange here to show just how uninteresting my life is right now. My 21-year-old son recently moved to Lake Tahoe for a year-long project and had to shop for the basics to equip his new apartment. (I have to tell you that just the other day I was driving along the highway, looking around, and spotted a Red Roof Inn that I would think of as being in the middle of nowhere if I didn't know what was just beyond the exit ramps and thought about how this kid road-tripped across the country alone with a GPS and no hotel reservations. He was stressed the week before he left, and I could tell he was nervous when he got to town before he found his apartment. But he did it. He saw the Grand Canyon, Santa Fe, FLagstaff, Las Vegas on a Saturday night, Death Valley, Hoover Dam, and some others I know I'm forgetting. (I was texted all of two pictures along the way.) He did it a lot excited but a little afraid. What a lesson he taught me. At 21, I couldn't have written a check. So as much as I diss on the Spawn - and will continue to do so because it's a lot of how we express love - I couldn't be more happy about him. My life's joy, I tell ya, my life's joy. But you probably knew that.)
Anyway, back to the exchange. Boyz. Ugh.
“I bought all kinds of stuff for the bathroom. Shower curtain....”
“Ooo, what color?”
“Shower curtain color.”
“Seriously?”
“I think it’s a tan color.”
“K, what else?”
“A trash can.”
“Ooo, what color?”
“Trash can color.”
“Seriously?”
“It’s white.”
“K, what else?”
“A bath mat.”
“Ooo, what color?”
“I don’t really remember.”
“Does it match the shower curtain? Complement it?”
“Uhhh.”
“How could you not remember what color it is? You just bought it 4 hours ago.”
“Uhhh.”
“Well, what’s your theme in there?”
“My theme is BATHROOM."
“Fine, I guess we should change the subject now?”
“Good idea.”
“What about the kitchen?”
“I’ll just save us some time here. The theme in there is KITCHEN.”