Soothing Shrimp Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 I have to share something that happened yesterday/this morning. My son asked me yesterday after school if he could have a special hot lunch at school this Thursday. I took a look at the price on his lunch form and it was waaay too expensive. $10 for a bowl of mac and cheese with ham? For a school lunch? I told him no. "Okay," he said. He's a good kid. I dropped my wife off at her open house and took my daughter to gymnastics. Later we came home to hear a strange buzzing in the living room where I sleep with my son. (My wife snores.) Buzzzzzzz... That buzzing- Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... What was that? Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Where was that sound coming from??? Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... That sound was driving me !@!@%#$ crazy!!! The kids went to play in their room while my wife and I tried to track down the source of the annoying noise. It sounded like it was coming from the ceiling?!? Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... More than a little concerned, my wife and I after some discussion became convinced it must be a crossed circuit in the electricity. I went to the breaker box and flipped every switch off while my wife stood in the center of the living room and told me whether the buzzing stopped or not. That did not help. When I came back into the living room, my wife and I proceeded to have a quick argument about the expense of an electrician to come track it down and fix it. The argument did not help. I did not tell my son about the buzzing. I did not want to call attention to it and hoped he would not notice it too much. He's autistic and sounds can set him off into a melt down. That night, I read my son a couple chapters from our book and we went to sleep with the buzzing louder than ever. He didn't mention it and I was relieved. This morning, the missus and I had another quick argument about an electrician. This, again, did not help. She left for work. I finished getting my son ready for school. As he and I waited for his transportation van to arrive, he asked what that buzzing was. He said he had been hearing it all night. I calmly said that neither his mom nor I knew. He then walked to the center of the room and moved a drawing my daughter had made and carelessly left on the floor. He then proceeded to pick up something from under it and hand it to me. It was plastic and the size of a dollar store calculator...It was a cheap electronic "Connect Four" game...It was making a noise... Son: "Can you take out the battery? This sound is driving me crazy." Me: "Um...yeah....sure!" I took out the triple A battery...and the buzzing stopped. It stopped! Quiet... Silence!!! I made a quick phone call to my wife to tell her what had happened and we both had a good laugh about it. ...One more thing... .............remember that hot lunch he wanted at school? ....................................................I'm giving him the money for it tomorrow! He's a good kid. ibebian, Shrimple minded, sarah and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimple minded Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Great stuff Soothing. I'm still pissed off at $10 mac & cheese. Someone better be hand-carrying hams back from Spain for that price. sarah, Mr. F, TheGlassBox and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 What an awesome story! Thanks for sharing. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vpier Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Did you find out why the mac & cheese cost $10 ??????? Wygglz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted September 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 Happily, it turned out I was wrong on the price. The paper read mac and cheese $3, add ham $4, and water add $1. So naturally, being the amazing brainiac I am I thought $3 +$4 +$1 = $8 My wife corrected me and said the mac and cheese with ham was $4. Shrimple minded, TheGlassBox, sarah and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vpier Posted September 21, 2016 Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 I would've done the same math so dont feel bad. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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