Road trip

by Mir on May 2, 2009 in Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Ottomatic For the People

We’re in the car taking a brief trip (right now! I love my iPhone!) and there is a tremendous WHOMP as Chickadee whacks my seat from behind.

Me: Stop kicking my seat!
Her: I’m not kicking, that was my HEAD!
Me: Stop headbutting my seat!
Her: That hurt my head WAY more than it hurt your back!
Me: My BACK!
Her: My HEAD!!
Otto: My GOD. That’s it; I am NOT driving you two to Hawaii, now. [We both stare at him.] You know, through the secret government tunnel. Nevermind.

I can hardly wait for our first big trip this summer. Obviously.

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16 Responses to “Road trip”

  1. 1
    Kemi May 2, 2009 at 12:31 pm #

    I love Otto.

    (Not in the way YOU love Otto, obviously, but I love him all the same.)

    If I promise not to kick (or head butt) anyone’s seat, can I catch a ride through the secret government tunnel to Hawaii?

  2. 2
    sillyme May 2, 2009 at 12:35 pm #

    I LOVE secret tunnels. My next home will have a secret tunnel. Except now that you know about it it won’t be a secret. Unless you can keep a secret. (shhhh. don’t tell anyone)

  3. 3
    Half Assed Kitchen May 2, 2009 at 12:37 pm #

    You can type a blog post on your iphone?? Impressive.

  4. 4
    Dr. Liz May 2, 2009 at 4:43 pm #

    I KNEW my husband was on to something when he was talking about driving the motorhome to Hawaii….

  5. 5
    Heather May 2, 2009 at 5:12 pm #

    Situational diffusion WIN ;) Good job Otto.

  6. 6
    Anna Marie May 2, 2009 at 7:29 pm #

    You guys are so cute. =)

  7. 7
    Brigitte May 3, 2009 at 8:19 am #

    Ha!

    (and, unrelated, I loved Chickadee’s pretended “shock” on your Scholastic post. Maybe the kid in the book should have had the pet “fixed” to remove those unrequited longings. Now I’M overthinking).

  8. 8
    superpaige May 3, 2009 at 7:22 pm #

    Oh the joy of a roadtrip.

  9. 9
    Lee May 3, 2009 at 9:12 pm #

    Finally delurking to say I really like your blog and OMG would that be the same tunnel as the tunnel from the rectory to the convent?

  10. 10
    Heather May 4, 2009 at 12:31 am #

    I am considering driving to Chicago from Calgary with a 7 yr old and a 2 yr old…. I think that I might be crazy.

  11. 11
    Tammy May 4, 2009 at 9:02 am #

    Consipracy theorists unite!

  12. 12
    Aimee May 4, 2009 at 9:29 am #

    *snort*

    I’m totally making my husband drive us to Hawaii now. Thanks, Otto!

  13. 13
    Amy-Go May 4, 2009 at 9:54 am #

    BUT IS THE SPIDER DEAD?????

    Focus on the important things, please. Unless you were all in the car driving veryvery fast away from the spider? Which I would understand…

  14. 14
    Katie in MA May 4, 2009 at 12:40 pm #

    I hear Hawaii has spiders, too. But really cute ones with leis and mai-tais.

  15. 15
    tara May 7, 2009 at 11:06 am #

    also impressed by your iPhone blogging abilities…

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    Daisy May 9, 2009 at 1:24 pm #

    I’m enjoying road trips better now that my kids are MUCH older. I do mean much older: 17 and 22, to be specific. Most of our road trips consist of picking up said 22-year-old from college for vacations or taking 17-yo to camp. Works for me!

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