ERUPTION

There's two sides to every story...

I recently noticed, Sheri decided to mention me driving off and leaving her stranded as we took the family to church one Sunday. Hmm...Interesting that's all that was mentioned. Who knows how she got out of the car. It sounds like I may have pushed her out as we were travelling down Willis Rd. Or... I don't know, maybe a large predatory bird swooped in and snagged her. I like how it's just me driving off leaving the wife in the dust. Now I will give you a more complete version. It just so happened that the day before a kid on a scooter was hit by a car. This was on Willis road near the Cornerstone church. I have always noticed on Sundays that many officers help with the traffic around this church. This intersection was going to be so filled with cops, that you might think that a Krispy Kreme Donut shop was having a grand opening. So Sheri decides to drive her normal speed (60 m.p.h.) heading west on Willis towards Alma School. It is actually posted SPEED LIMIT 35 all down the road; so I calmly say "you might want to slow down, sweetie." No joke! Ask her if that is what I said, and how it was softly spoken. She then slams on the brakes and fish tails in the dirt on the right side of the road and says "That's it! I'm done!!! YOU DRIVE!!!!! She then gets out of the drivers side and walks around to the back of the Sienna-AKA loser cruiser. I think this is a perfect time to do what she asked of me, so I drive...OFF. Folks, let me tell you that this was one of the worst decisions I have ever made. I learned that each one of my kids not only loves MOM more; but, they have learned quite a few choice words in their short little life spans. It was the loudest eruption of DAD slander I have ever heard. It all meshed together violently with even EVAN joining in shrieks of pain. YOU..kill!!!..Stooooopid..HATE.no!.WHY?..Freakin!.don't leave.JERK..please..Idiot!!..POLICE..argh..MOM...noooooOOOO! Yeah, something to that effect. My little science experiment of driving off and teaching Sheri a lesson did not work. Oh yes... the volcano did blow up, just all over me. I did pull into the Cornerstone parking lot to turn around, and when I came out to pick up Sheri on the side of the road there was a police car directly behind me. I know he was set up for a speed trap off of Willis and we would have been snagged, so this was one lesson that could have been costly. And we did make up with each other before we got to church. I told the kids it was a stupid joke, and that I would never leave momma. We eventually laughed at it and I again told them that I was very Sorry. In our household sorry means you'll never do it again. At least, that's what we always say.