The alarm goes off and I stumble to the bathroom. Upon exiting the bathroom, my mother corners me. "You're awake!" she said delightedly. "Why are you up so early?"
"I had to take my anti-baby pill." I told her, groggily, and made a beeline to the kitchen to start making coffee. Once she starts talking to me it's a lost cause. Going back to bed is not an option.
"Anti-baby pill?" she frowned and followed me to the kitchen.
"Uh huh. Coffee? Where is it?" At this point I think I was about 30 seconds away from begging, on my knees.
"Oh," she said and handed me the blessed tin, "No grandchildren?"
"Not this month at least."
And with that, everyone, I wish you a very Happy Holiday Season and few awkward conversations with your family!
"not this month"- best quote ever!
ReplyDelete"not this month" Hehehe. That made my day. I may have to call them anti-baby pills from now on.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nicky..."anti-baby pills" will have to become part of my vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteHappy holidays!
LOL, I love that. Those "before coffee" conversations are always unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteI know someone who was asked by his father whether he needed condoms in a "before coffee" conversation.
good answer!
ReplyDeleteI might have made up something like had to go for a pee or something...
LOL - anti-baby pills is a good way to put it :) And my mom is the same way - once she is awake, I don't get to sleep!
ReplyDelete"not this month" is great. Fortunately I rarely get this question.
ReplyDeleteUR: I was so tired that it was all that made sense to me at the time. My mom was a little confused, though (as in 'Of course not this month! You're not even showing.')
ReplyDeleteNicky and SGG: I can't take all the credit. The term comes from a conversation I had with FormerRoommate... one night... after a bottle of wine.
Geek Girl: Yikes! That's worse. Way worse.
Stepwise Girl: I only wish I could be that coherent in the mornings.
Science Girl: I think that my mom is just so happy that someone else is awake. She's a morning person in a house full of night owls.
Amelie: You are very fortunate. Very.
I managed to avoid the whole grandchildren conversation again... just bought myself another 18 months... if I keep this up I'll be able to simply say "sorry, I'm too old".
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