So the better half and I were sitting down relaxing with the boy in front of the oh mighty boob tube when a car commercial came on it was one of those "Fully loaded" vehicles with a DVD player & in-seat screens.
The mancub looks over at us and says in all seriousness...
"I'm gonna get me a car with one of those TVs in the seats.... then I can live in it. Then all you need is a blanket and you can just go where ever you want and watch TV and go to sleep. you know I could go to work at like burger king or some where and pull into work and be like 'Hey Boss!' and I could live in the driveway at work."
It was at this point the wife was looking at me trying not to laugh.... she says... "Did you every tell him about that or do you think it's just genetic?" and starts to laugh.
OK... Look... I didn't have any fancy TVs and DVD players in the car.... hell sometimes I was lucky to have heat!
I think that you are either born with the gypsy lifestyle ingrained in the very fiber of your being or you don't have it.
I am hoping that he shoots a little higher than BK.... but ya know It is a step forward from the "I am NEVER moving out of this house... the kids can get on the bus here" statement from a few years back.
So.... needless to say the smiles laughing and discussions about living in a car continued for awhile... Damn my kid cracks me up.
and I have to say... I have a new found respect for what my parents went through... I think I should give them a hug next time I see them and share this little gem of wisdom with them.... somehow.... I suspect that they won't be all that surprised.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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He gets an A and a B plus on his science and social studies tests and he dreams of working at the BK and living in a van down by the river....SIGH........The neighbor kid Tristan dreams of moving in here...Looks like the barn needs to be converted to some kind of apartment...Or else we might have a nomad child....Somehow I knew this was coming...........
Hey... I can't help it.... I am like an infection.
Dude, awesome story! Lets try and lead him down a better path then some paths chosen by people that may read this blog! Although I could think of much worse fates then that! I love the nomad reference!
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