Sunday, April 30, 2006

Not a Rhetorical Question

If:

a) your husband had just started a demanding new job with lots of 1) responsibility and 2) hours, which are causing lots of 3) stress, and

b) you had pretty much been with your kids for the whole weekend, starting Friday after school, except for Saturday night when they were with a babysitter, and a half hour each on Saturday evening and Sunday morning when you went for a run and your husband fed them, and the weekend had included errands, a birthday party, two tee ball games, religious school for everyone, including you, because when the preschool goes once a month, the parents go too, as well as various playing with neighbor kids, digging holes, doing art projects, and the like, and

c) the children had been monsters all evening, somewhat understandably, given the weekend activity, and the need for bath and shower and clarinet practice and studying for a test on southwest states, not to mention the fact that they haven't seen their father for more than an hour at a time since Thursday night,

what would you say when your husband, as he does every night, calls to ask how the evening went?

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