“What time does the movie start?” I asked Jeff for probably the 37th time.
I couldn’t help it, he had planned this little outing, not me. I am the one that usually does all the planning, making sure our timing is perfect and getting us where we need to be.
“Mom, can I have some candy now? Please!!” Hayden begged.
“The movie starts at 3:30pm,” Jeff said to me over Hayden’s demands for candy.
“Mom. Mom. Mom. What about now, can I have some candy now?” Hayden begged again.
“And how long is the movie?” I asked him still ignoring Hayden.
“Mom! Candy! Please!” Hayden demanded.
“It’s 140 minutes long,” Jeff said over Hayden.
“MOM!” Hayden yelled this time making sure he wasn’t ignored
“Hayden,” I hissed as the lights in the theater went dim. “I said you can have candy when the movie starts and it will start in about 5 minutes.”
Hayden sank back into his seat, crossed his arms and pouted.
“And you are sure we are going to get out in time to get the triplets?” I asked still unsure about this plan.
Hayden had had the day off of school. Jeff and I had decided that since the triplets would be in daycare, we would take this opportunity to do something special with just Hayden.
We had decided to take him to see Star Wars Episode 1 in 3D. Hayden loved this idea since like his father, he is in love with all things Star Wars.
The plan was that Jeff would take the afternoon off of work and we would pick a movie that would end giving us just enough time to get the triplets from daycare. Since it was Jeff that had to leave work, I left the picking of the movie time and planning to him.
“The movie should end at 5:30pm and that will give us plenty of time to get to daycare,” Jeff replied now getting annoyed with me and my string of questions.
I sat back in my seat and finally opening the bag of candy for Hayden making him squeal delight.
Something about this just didn’t feel right.
“The movie is 2 hours and 20 minutes long and it starts at 3:30pm,” I thought to myself, “That means the movie will get out about…”
“Jeff!” I said much too loud for a quiet dark theater.
Jeff turned to look at me.
“This movie is too long.” I said, “It will end too late to get us to daycare by 6pm.”
Jeff glared at me, “No! It will be fine. It will end at 5:30pm and then we will have 30 minutes to get to daycare. Plenty of time!”
“Jeff,” I said in disbelief because Jeff was ‘Mister Math Man’. He was constantly correcting my math and proving me wrong in a totally playful but annoying way. “The movie is 2 hours and 20 minutes long. It is going to end at like 5:50 or later.”
“No, it is 140 minutes and that means it will end at…” he began.
I could finally see the wheels in Jeff’s math minded brain working. ”Crap!” he said.
“Don’t worry, I will just leave early and get them.” I said knowing that Jeff was into the movie more than me.
“Thanks,” he said, “And, sorry. I guess I miscalculated.”
I nodded at his apology and then something hit me.
“Wow!” I said with a big smile on my face. “I am going to have to remember this day for the rest of my life and petition it to be a holiday.”
Jeff turned and gave me a quizzical look as Hayden handed his now empty bag of candy to his Dad.
“For this is the day, that I did math correctly and you did not,” I said with a huge smile.
Jeff took Hayden’s empty candy bag and threw at me. Hayden laughed at us, the adults around him, behaving badly.
“Fine.” he said, “Make it a holiday but we’ll see who is smiling the next time you ask me how to spell something.”
“Shhh,” I said to Hayden who was now literally bouncing out of his chair from the candy totally ignoring Jeff.
Sure, he had a point because my spelling is terrible but at least I knew that there were 60 minutes in an hour.
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heeheehee. I totally get this feeling. J always does stuff like that to me so when I’m right in a mathematical way, its a huge ego boost. =)
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MMM…. movie candy….
Good for you for “out-mathing” him!
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Ahhh, it’s always so nice when we get to hear our spouse say “You were RIGHT!”
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I am so glad he admitted that you had the right math.
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Hahahaha! I can never get my husband to admit I was right. He just throws something at me and says whatever
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Aw, the satisfaction. Only sorry it cost you the end of the movie and a spaz out about pickup. I know that feeling, when you realize you actually need a time warp to make your schedule work. At least you could blame it on hubby this time. Scapegoats soften the blow.
Ellen
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Seriously the whole minutes & hours thing for some reason always catches me off guard too. I probably would’ve done the same thing as your hubs. But yes, this should be a holiday from now on for sure!
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Thank goodness you figured that out in time! I hate being late and when people make me late….I’m not a very nice person to be around.
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Jen Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 11:12 am
My mom is always late. It drove me insane as a kid so much so that now I am always early.
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It is a good thing you caught it. I would have been completely furious if I realized I was late picking up the kids from daycare. That is one of those things I freak out big time about.
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Jen Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 11:13 am
It’s because daycare charges for late pick up. I freak out about that too. And please don’t ask how many time we have had to pay the late fee… all I will say is it is not my fault.
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There is a reason why women usually do all the planning!
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Isn’t it nice to be right? : )
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Jen Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 11:13 am
Damn straight!
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Mom math finally wins the day! Good for you.
Did you son like the movie?
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Jen Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 11:14 am
He did like the movie…. said the pod racing was the best part and I have to agree with him even if seeing it in 3D made me want to vomit.
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Great calculating. I imagine that you’ll dine out on that one for quite a few days. Enjoy.
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Jen Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 11:14 am
You have bet correctly, my friend.
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I absolutely love when this happens between hubby and I, it should definitely be a holiday!
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