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Dysfunctional evening at the Robinsons

Play-by-play of the evening at the Robinson household.

5:00 PM: I call Pat on my way home from work. We discuss our plan for dinner and our excitement to actually eat dinner at a decent time since we weren't working out.

5:30 PM: Pat arrives home from work to find a #2 accident in Grady's crate (re-read Oops I crapped my crate again for a refresher of what this is like)

5:40 PM: I am almost in car accident following old woman going 30 MPH while merging onto busy, rush hour highway

5:45 PM: Pat finishes cleaning up Grady's crate accident

5:50 PM: I arrive home and show Pat the birthday gift I got for Leann. I place the box on the dining room table.

5:55 PM: Pat fires up grill to start cooking turkey sausage for the quiche

5:56 PM: Pat realizes we are out of propane

6:00 PM: Pat runs to home depot to get propane, the grocery store to get a missing ingredient for the hummus I was making and to HH Gregg to pick up our back ordered TV stand

6:10 PM: Pat is in checkout line at Home Depot and asks cashier why the propane tank feels so light, she (kindly) responds in her deep, raspy southern voice with, "It's got a blue cap on it. You can go replace it if you want." Pat ignores his gut telling him the tank isn't full and buys it anyway.

6:11 PM: I am sitting at the kitchen table on the computer when I hear Grady chewing something that doesn't sound like a bone. I walk over to investigate and find him eating the box with Leann's birthday gift in it.

6:13 PM: I finish yelling at Grady and return to the computer

6:45 PM: Pat arrives at HH Gregg to pick up our TV stand that was delivered on Sunday.

6:47 PM: HH Gregg manager tells Pat the stand was damaged and they would have to order another one

7:00 PM: Pat returns home with propane tank. He goes to light the tank and realizes we are out of matches.

7:01 PM: Pat calls his dad to find out how heavy a propane tank should feel. He realizes the propane tank is too light.

7:20 PM: Pat returns to Home Depot to replace the propane tank and buy matches.

7:40 PM: Pat arrives home with second propane tank

8:20 PM: Pat finishes grilling turkey sausage

8:21 PM: I start putting the rest of the quiche ingredients together and realize we have no half and half

8:25 PM: Google substitution for half and half

8:35 PM: Place quiche in oven and set timer for 45 minutes

8:40 PM: Take Grady for a quick walk while dinner is cooking

9:00 PM: Hear a loud squealing noise as we walk in the dark. I turn around and try to figure out what the noise was. Grady stepped on a mole on the sidewalk and inured it.

9:03 PM: I finally convince Pat to pick up the mole (with our unused poop bag) and move it to a hiding spot to protect it while it recovers

9:35 PM: The quiche is finally finished and we sit down for a dinner even later than we would have had we gone and worked out

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Unknown said…
I LOL'd (at work) at the 9:03 comment.

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