Conversations from our weekend
Time: Early Sunday morning, sometime between Way Too Early a.m. and Why Are You Waking Me Up To Have A Conversation For Chrissakes a.m.
Jason, loudly: Why do I always have to get us up?
Me: What? You said you’d wake me because you’d already be up.
Jason: Well, what time do you want to get up?
Me, confused: We discussed this. 8:30.
Jason: But you have to be at work by 8:30!
Me, realizing the reason for this ridiculousness: OK. HEY. IT’S SUNDAY.
Jason: zzzzzzzz
Me, wide awake.
Scene: Booking our road trip to Denver to see the Twins play the Rockies
Jason: This hotel is less than a mile from Coors Field.
Me: But all the other hotels are a mile in the other direction. What if this is in a sketchy neighborhood?
Jason, sighing: Won’t people have to walk in our direction to get to their cars after the game?
Me: Yes, sketchy people. Two miles is a big difference. The difference between the good and bad sides of town.
Jason: You can’t know that. You’ve never been to Denver!
Me: Regardless.
Scene: Requesting our seat preference for the flight
Jason: I want the aisle.
Me: Well, I want the window.
Jason: No! Someone annoying will sit between us.
Me: Well, I’m not taking the middle – it sucks!
Jason: I’m definitely taking the aisle.
Me: Well then I’ll take the aisle seat across from you.
Jason: Fine.
Me: Fine. (After confirming): Wait. Now I’m not on the window, dammit!
Jason: Heh. Good one.
Scene: While doing our taxes online with Turbo Tax
Turbo Tax: I will walk you through this step by step. We will now review your W2s and the 8 income groups. Then we’ll work on your 1099s.
Me: Man, this Turbo Tax is awesome.
Jason: Yeah.
Turbo Tax: Hey, please remove the gum from your mouth because this will require all of your easily-distracted-by-cats-and-shiny-objects attention. Also, even though I am speaking to you at a 3rd grade reading level, turn down the radio because you are the last person to need any distractions.
Me: Wow. Turbo Tax has an attitude.
Jason: But it’s right, you know.
Me: I know.
TurboTax IS totally condescending, isn’t it? I always choose “pick topics” instead of “guide me”, just to spite it.
Also, BR never thinks ANY place is sketchy. He will sign us up for a 2-star hotel, and I am all, UM? WE don’t have a concealed handgun permit, even though this is Texas.
Comment by Tessie — February 25, 2008 @ 2:30 pm
God I love Turbo Tax. And the two of you. Especially that first scene.
Can’t you still change your airline seats? I thought you could always do that online.
Comment by Jess — February 25, 2008 @ 2:32 pm
Ha ha ha! A. always has to wake me up but he RELISHES the opportunity to torture me.
Yay! Denver! Feel free to e-mail me the hotel info; I am pretty familiar with Denver. If it is in a scary neighborhood, I’ll let you know.
Comment by Artemisia — February 25, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
We have this same battle every time we fly. We have decided we are content to sit nowhere near each other. After all, once we get there, we have a 500 sq ft space to share for a week. What’s the rush to spend time together when you look at it that way?
Comment by slynnro — February 25, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
The problem with baseball stadiums is that they are usually in a dicey part of town. Years ago we went to the old (now gone) Tigers Stadium in Detroit, and it was horrible even to park the car in the vacant lot with the little Pakistani man with the wad of twenties giving us incomprehensible parking instructions.
Enjoy Denver! Wear shoes that can handle sticky patches of old beer and gum everywhere!
Comment by PixelPi — February 25, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
Hey, if you need Denver hotel/goings about recommendations, let me know. Email me is fine.
Comment by Penny — February 26, 2008 @ 9:13 am