Sunday, April 21, 2013

According to Peter:

Life according to Peter is always colorful, very one sided and quite charming and/or comical if you learn to understand Peter "speak".  He just has such a Peter way of looking at the world.  I don't know if I can properly portray the funny "out-there-ishness" of this incident but I have to try.

The scene:
Saturday morning.  A very busy day.  I have a spin/cycle class to teach, then rush to Seth's soccer game while Dave and the other two boys start a long day of hauling gravel enough to cover the entire perimeter and sideyards of the back of our house.

Well into the heat of things (workwise, not temperature wise) I get a text, out of the blue.  11:07 a.m. to be exact.  I receive it during Seth's game.
"Can you get me a Miami Heat tie and shirt please"
To which I respond, "I don't know." which I really meant:  "What the heck is he asking me that for right now, and no way Jose." 
Then I ask:
"How do you have time to text me when you are working" because he is supposed to be hauling load after load of gravel to the back yard"
His response:
"There are ways"

Explanation: The NBA playoffs are starting and Peter wants to show his allegiance to what he deems "America's Team", aka: the Miami Heat.  A tie would allow him to display his affections at church while the shirt would allow it everywhere else.  I do have this uncanny knack of finding him team shirts at consignment/ second hand stores.  No Miami yet though.  
Why he was thinking about it in the early stages of the yard project I don't know.   

And he does.  He really does have ways.
I have to say I really enjoy being able to text Peter.  We have only dared let Peter have a cell phone since his 15 birthday and even then, without internet, he has found ways to overuse/abuse it.  But overall he is a good boy and I like sending and receivng fun little Peterisms.

Here are a couple more:
April 5, 2:55 pm
Peter: "3 minutes til I get home.  Can you type the password into the computer please"
meaning: Peter doesn't want to miss one second of playing on the computer when he gets home.  The boys can't access to the computers at home without us there.

April 11, 11:18 am.
Peter: "Check me out"
Me: Peter why do you want me to check you out?
Peter: "IDK" (I don't know)
Me: "Are you okay?"
Peter: "Ya"

April 15 - 1:04 pm.
Peter: "Is it windy outside?"
Me: "Yes"
Meaning - Peter is hoping it is so windy that football practice gets cancelled.  He has been very diligent but gets tired of going sometimes.  It was cancelled once for a furious wind blowing in a big storm.  This hasn't happened since.  


April 17 - 3:54 pm.
From Peter's bedroom
Peter: "Can you please get me some trail mix"
Me:"Sure"
Peter: "Thank you"
It was just so cute.  I think he might have even been doing some homework, which is rare.  He texted so politely I delivered.  

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