Conversation with My Wife (149)
Popping down the days, one by one
So at breakfast for the last couple weeks or so, Deb has been popping bubble wrap. Specifically, bubbles with numbers printed on them with colored Sharpies. The number popped corresponds to the date of the day before, because when the bubble is popped that day is OVER.
And this morning (Wednesday, January 15, 2020), the number “14” got popped:
DEB: POP!¹ Two more!
ME: And done.
DEB: And DONE!
Deb saw “somewhere on the Web”² the idea to count down to a Significant Date using bubble wrap. So I, striving, as I ever do (mostly) to be a good husband, cut a sheet of bubble wrap and numbered it³ to give her a countdown.
However…
This is the second bubble count downer⁴ I’ve made for her. The first one counted down to 24, as in December 24, as in Christmas Eve, as in, “Wait, didn’t that go by already?” <cough> Yes. I had made the first one before our December trip to Disney World, and when we got back home we were going to have a week before my last day at work⁵ and a week and a half before Deb retired.
And then we got home and found that the person hired to replace her had quit.
So Thursday, January 16 for sure this time.
DEB: And Thursday night, I’m coming home, calling Aunt Norma, and together we’re popping that last bubble!
¹What? What else are you supposed to say when you pop a bubble?
²Pinterest? Might be Pinterest. There are a lot of things on Pinterest… might be Facebook. Deb uses Facebook more than I do. Yes, the account is in my name, so if you’re my Facebook friend, Deb has probably seen more of your stuff than I have. Most of the posts and comments are mine, however.
³Ever try to print on bubble wrap? Ever try to print LEGIBLY on bubble wrap? Damn! Yep, must have come from Pinterest, this has Pinterest Fail all over it. And yes, these ARE the big bubbles!
⁴Counter downer? Down counter? Bubble thingie?
⁵No, I didn’t make one for me. That cheapens the gift, don’t you think? And have I mentioned that it’s a PITA to print on bubble wrap? Why would I do that to myself?
Copyright ©2020 by Jack Herlocker. All rights reserved, except the bubble wrap idea because obviously that wasn’t mine, and I am not going to be held responsible if someone tries it and it goes terribly, horribly wrong.
