Saturday, April 17, 2010

OKAY

“Mom, after school let’s go to the park and play basketball,” he said while eating breakfast.

“Okay,” I said.

“Mom, after school let’s go to the park and play basketball,” he said while brushing his teeth.

“Okay,” I said.

“Mom, after school let’s go to the park and play basketball, “he said while getting dressed.

“Okay,” I said.

“Mom, after school let’s go to the park and play basketball,” he said while making his bed.”

“Okay,” I said.

After school we came home and I said, “Are you ready to go to the park and play basketball?”

“I need a break first,” he said, going to his computer, turning it on and proceeding to type gibberish madly while talking to himself.

“Okay,” I said.

I busied myself doing laundry, checking e-mail, putting dishes in the dishwasher. Finally, he yelled out, “I am ready to go to the park now!”

“Five more minutes,” I yelled back.

“MOM!” he said, but went back to typing manically so I thought I’d dodged a bullet.

Then the phone rang, and the dog needed to pee, and the clothes that could only be dried for ten minutes were ready to be taken out and hung up, and five minutes turned into fifteen. I feared trouble – flexibility is not his middle name. Going with the flow is not the game around here. Re-adjusting is not something that comes easily.

“Okay, I’m ready now, “ I said. We put on coats, shoes, got the leash for the dog and stepped outside. Pouring rain.  He looked at me uncertainly.

“Looks like we waited too long, now we’re going to have to make another plan. How about we play with the soft basketball in the living room, instead.”

“Okay,” he said.

I’ve waited nearly fourteen years for this day.

 

Carrie can be found at http://fully-caffeinated.blogpsot.com

 

 

11 comments:

  1. i love it!!!!
    changing gears can be so tough for our kids. you should see the looks i get in public when i tell brooke we need to remember the 'F' word. (um, flexible)
    go rojo!!!!

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  2. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this. Way more than just okay.

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  3. He's quite the treasure.
    Absolutely love him.
    And you of course.

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  4. You are just the best writer/describer -- way to build the tension and surprise us with delight.

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  5. Yay!
    I bet you stood there a little stunned for a few seconds, hey? :)

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  6. Sometimes "okay" is the biggest word of all. Bravo to Rojo, and to you.

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  7. apparently Im emotional today, this made me tear-y eye'd. I hope for my son to be in this place one day as well.

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  8. I friggin' love you.

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