Of course, with technology these days, a person can't even watch tv without the remote control...and I can't find it....anywhere. For whatever reason, one remote controls the tv in the family room and the tv in the basement. I'm sure it has something to do with the satellite -- but that is a rant for another day.
I searched and searched...remembering that Cannon tried to sneak downstairs and watch tv as soon as he walked in the door from school. Again, a rant for another day. (Yes, clearly I am one ranting lady.) I didn't WANT to wake him up...but after looking for 10 minutes to no avail, I did what any-desperately-tired-not-quite-ready-for-bed- mother would do. I woke up my sleeping child to ask what he had done with the remote.
Cannon doesn't wake easily...so the conversation went like this:
Me: Where is the remote?
Cannon: What remote?
Me: The one for the tv...the one you had after school.
Cannon: What? Why are you asking me these things?
Me: Because I want to watch tv and can't find the remote.
Cannon: What's the big deal?
Me: I want to watch tv and can't find the remote. You had it after school. Where did you put it?
Cannon: What? What are you talking about? What is a remote? (This from the tv-junkie himself.)
Me: (Trying to be patient with his-nowhere-near-awake-little-self) Cannon, where is the remote? What did you do with it? I've looked and can't find it.
Cannon: You aren't making sense. What are you talking about?
Me: The remote for the tv. Where is it?
Cannon: Behind the beanbag in the basement.
Me: Ok - go back to sleep.
Seriously, did he hide it there when he was mad that I told him he wasn't allowed to watch? It's just a good thing I ignored my conscience and woke my sleeping child. I would have never thought to look behind the beanbag.
But hey, this was important, right? Afterall, I have season finale's DVR'd and calling my name. What else could I ask for on a Friday night?
10 comments:
If they are handing out bad motherhood awards for that, I get at least two or three. What is it with males and the remote????
I thought it was funny that he told you in the end, like he was just playing all along!
How funny! I probably would have done the same thing.
Sorry we kept Greg up so late last night!
Sometimes I literally LIVE for TV after the kids are in bed. I just figure there are worse things people use to unwind! Glad I'm not the only one DVR-ing my shows for a quiet night.
That is so funny! Sounds like something I would do too, though.
I am still laughing. Of course you wake up the kid that hid it. I do not watch live TV anymore either. Almost everything I watch is recorded on my DVR. Who has time for commercials or timing your life for what is on TV?
Glad that Cannon told you in the end.
Tacie, it's momorama.blogspot.com
so funny, i think fare play to wake them up once and a while, they do it to us plenty:)
If we could only learn how to channel those semi-conscious moments with our children and program them to clean up after themselves and speak only loving and kind words to their parents and siblings! I think I deserve a mother of the year award too. Are you passing them out?
I still think you deserve the mother of the year award, I'm always amazed at how much you do!
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