Saturday September 19th: The shrill sound of the phone interrupts my concentration, on the adorable commercial about the talking pot-hole. Dang, I love that commercial! Baby son on the phone, I have to take this. I love hearing from that kid. He promised earlier in the week to pick me up and take me to his house.
"Hey, ma. How are you, what are you doing?"
"Hey, yourself kiddo. I'm fine, not doing a thing. Just watching this cute little commercial. What's up?"
"I'll pick up in an hour if you're ready." He said.
I smile and respond, "I'm ready, see you in an hour."
Forty-five minutes later he rings the doorbell and I grab my purse and head for the door. The short trip to his house is shorter than usual as we chat, joke,and laugh the whole way. At his house, he opens the door to let me in while he gathers his packages from the car. I busy myself by looking around while he puts away his things. We finish at the same time and settle down to visit for a bit and talk some more.
"Ma, have you ever had shrimp tacos before?" he asked, springing to his feet.
"Ummm, don't think I have, why?" I questioned.
He's halfway to the kitchen before I finish answering, I follow wondering what he's up to. He removes foods from the fridge, places it on the counter and begins to prepare our dinner. While the shrimp boils, he chops and shreds lettuce, tomatoes, and onion. We talk a mile-a-minute as he works and in no time everything is ready. We take our food to eat and watch Twilight Zone movies. Naturally, we miss most of the movie - talking.
Wow, the shrimp tacos are really delicious, very tasty! They are also rather filling, just one has me as-full-as-a-tick. Now that we're full we get quiet to watch a little of the movie. Too much stillness and quietness has us both nodding and dozing so I suggest that he can take me home whenever he's ready. That way he can get back home himself and get some much-needed rest.
What a suprisingly wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon - making memories. Life doesn't get much better than this.
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"Hey, ma. How are you, what are you doing?"
"Hey, yourself kiddo. I'm fine, not doing a thing. Just watching this cute little commercial. What's up?"
"I'll pick up in an hour if you're ready." He said.
I smile and respond, "I'm ready, see you in an hour."
Forty-five minutes later he rings the doorbell and I grab my purse and head for the door. The short trip to his house is shorter than usual as we chat, joke,and laugh the whole way. At his house, he opens the door to let me in while he gathers his packages from the car. I busy myself by looking around while he puts away his things. We finish at the same time and settle down to visit for a bit and talk some more.
"Ma, have you ever had shrimp tacos before?" he asked, springing to his feet.
"Ummm, don't think I have, why?" I questioned.
He's halfway to the kitchen before I finish answering, I follow wondering what he's up to. He removes foods from the fridge, places it on the counter and begins to prepare our dinner. While the shrimp boils, he chops and shreds lettuce, tomatoes, and onion. We talk a mile-a-minute as he works and in no time everything is ready. We take our food to eat and watch Twilight Zone movies. Naturally, we miss most of the movie - talking.
Wow, the shrimp tacos are really delicious, very tasty! They are also rather filling, just one has me as-full-as-a-tick. Now that we're full we get quiet to watch a little of the movie. Too much stillness and quietness has us both nodding and dozing so I suggest that he can take me home whenever he's ready. That way he can get back home himself and get some much-needed rest.
What a suprisingly wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon - making memories. Life doesn't get much better than this.
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Oh wow! Leona, you have a totally wonderful son. Actually, you have children to be busting your buttons over. What a lovely evening you had. I'm very envious.
ReplyDeletesounds like a great time with your son. I just discovered fish tacos and they are yummy-never thought of trying shrimp tacos-why not?
ReplyDeleteI'm sooo happy I dropped by tonight! I have two sons ( 11,13) and this post gave me joy and hope! Thanks soooo much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a wonderful time - so sweet and fun. I can picture doing this with my oldest. Right now I can't picture it with the others... all I can picture is ME running away from home.
ReplyDeleteI've never had shrimp tacos either! Glad to hear they were good.