Watch out kitty kitty!
Last night matt went to play poker with the guys. Poker. Guys. Is it just me or does it all just sound like trouble? He got in at a million-o-clock last night and woke me up with a landshark in his hand. "Hey baby, I loooooossssttt." Great to hear matt, great to hear. Now shut up.
This morning I thought to myself - hm, I sure wish matt would clean the 15 dishes in the sink. So I formulated a plan. What could I do to encourage him? 20 post-its later Matt was covered in encouraging messages like "Real Men Clean Dishes" and "Dirty dishes will eat your soul... clean 'em"... "Please clean the dishes - Love Dax and Leelieu" Another moment in which I WISH I had a camera. If he tried to look at his phone it says "Clean DISHES." Oh, I'm Matt and I want to see what time it is... wow, it looks like it's "DISH O'Clock!"
I was driving my little golf cart - putt-putt (that's the sound it makes) down the sidewalk...just thinking about Matt and all those post-its. he's going to wake up soon, I wonder if he's called me...WHOA! Outta nowhere- these two kitties run out in front of me. I didn't have time to think... I PANICKED! Run kitty RUN! I yelled as I went barreling towards them. Seriously the cat problem on campus is out of control. My golf cart just missed his little orange kitty foot when I whizzed past. Whew... I breathed deep with relief. And wouldn't you know... I looked back at that kitty and he starred at me with disgust. Like he was hoping I'd hit him so he could tear my face off. That kitty was a STREET THUG! I think he stuck out his bottom lip at me. The mean streets of Carroll-town have corrupted the feline population!
A couple of hours past and Matt finally called me. "Oh hello, how are you feeling today my darling?" I asked. "Oh, I'm fine - just feelin' kinda dishy" ---"Wha?" I thought... "OHHHHHH! HAHA!" Apparently when Matt moved in his sleep the crinkle crinkle noise woke him up, another part of my ploy to get him to wash the dishes. he he he.
Result of the post-it/dish experiment: Half of the dishes were completed
Score:
0.5 points awarded to me for getting the task half accomplished
0.5 points also awarded to me for bravery... I had to post all those notes without him waking
0.5 points awarded to Dax and Leelieu for allowing me to fordge their signatures.
0 points awarded to Matt. Why zero? Because he didn't even dry and put away the
ones he did!!!!
you SERIOUSLY crack me up! love the cat story.
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ReplyDeleteMelinda, Umm here is what I have learned. It's not that men "don't do them" as Frank would say. It's that they can't. There is like a mental block. They think about it, but it doesn't follow through to their hand. Really a problem you know?
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