We’ve got some awesome dinnertime conversation going on right now. When you never really leave the house, things can become “a bit limited.” Outside of my husband, son, daughter, and dog, the primary players in my life right now are Mickey Mouse and the mail lady (though, in an uncharacteristic expansion of his repertoire, my son has welcomed Alvin and the Chipmunks into our lives. I am appreciating this new addition of dancing rodents to our rotation).
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| Source: Microsoft Office ClipArt I can serve up the food (okay fine, never anything this elaborate), but the conversation?? |
In any case, I don’t get out a lot. When I do, it’s usually with the two small people in tow, so we generally only frequent the library story time/playground scene, where we find other people who also generally only frequent the library story hour/playground scene. So the circle can become pretty small…
It would be wild to have some concept of things that are happening in the world at large, but I’m just not there right now. I’m okay with this, because everything is for a season, right? And for this season of life, Brian Williams will simply have to report the scoop without my audience (I’m sure he is keenly aware of this and missing me). There will be loads of time later to beef up on all the latest in technology, hone in on the hottest reality TV shows, and check out that new shopping center in town. In the meantime, I’ll stay up with the important updates through my Star magazines. 😉
With lack of fresh material, our dinner table talks are possibly incredibly stilted. When we aren’t rehashing the latest antics of Mickey in his quest to capture some red gooey fish (is that a direct product placement from the Swedish Fish company or what?), two general themes seem to repeat with regularity:
Me to my husband: “So, how was work today?”
Husband: “Fine.”
Me: “Did anything happen?”
Husband, “No, we had a meeting.”
Me: “Did anything else happen?”
Husband: “Not really.”
Me: “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, Man! Report SOMETHING from your day. You left the house! Surely you at least saw a bird on your way to work or something. Did someone say ‘hi’ to you? What color shirt did your boss have on today?”
Seriously! Don’t be stingy with the news…
The second scenario:
Husband: “How was your day?”
Me: “It was a pretty good day. It was a big day, I’m tired.”
Husband: “What did you do?”
Me: “We played in the sandbox and then we ate lunch.”
Husband: “And…?”
Me: “What do you mean, ‘and?’?!”
Husband: “You said it was a big day.”
At this point, I just fall speechless. How can he not comprehend the huge-ness of our day? I mean, I also emptied the dishwasher, but I don’t need to tell him everything do I??
Mmhhh…thinking it’s going to be a while before we are rocking some wittingly engaging conversations around here. Go talk about something intelligent for us when you dine tonight 🙂
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