Monday, January 21, 2008

A couple of weeks ago I enthusiastically undertook the project of going out with the kids to the mall by myself to meet a friend.  I didn't know how the double stroller (aka the "dorkmobile"--- just add some wood paneling and bumper sticker that says "We Heart Our Little Ones!") folded and unfolded.  I had asked Colin to either show me (he has done it many times) before he left for work or to leave the manual out.  He obliged me by doing neither.  So I was running late to meet my friend at the mall and I had two kids in the car when I decided to learn the stroller.  It took me forever.  There was much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.  And possibly some obscenities (no, never).  And possibly some text messages sent to Colin thanking him for NOT HELPING ME WITH THE ONE THING I ASKED! or something of that general nature.  


And then I figured it out all on my own.  And I realized it was quite easy.  And I felt quite stupid, because apparently the stroller is made for even idiots to use.  

Or not.  

Fast forward to today when we were at the mall celebrating the birth and accomplishments of Doctor Martin Luther King by shopping.  Colin was attempting to fold the stroller up and he could not figure it out, at all.  So I had to show him (but only after I watched him struggle, with a smug look on my face) with a car waiting for our parking spot looking on.  Those that know my husband know that he prides himself on being able to figure out how anything works.

Ah, sweet justice. 

3 comments:

Audrey said...

LOL! Glad you had a good time at the mall "celebrating the birth of MLK" LOL!

ChandraJoy said...

That does sound like "weet justice!"

lisa said...

Congrats on working the double stroller! I remember my first time trying to work the single stroller...I almost couldn't get it folded back up to go in the car and even thought about trying to cram the thing into the front seat of my Honda Civic! Fornunately I finally figured it out and we survived our first stroller outing! Your kids are precious! I enjoy reading your blog! If you want to post or send me your email address, I will send you an invite to read my blog.