Over the past week Jonathon has been patiently waiting for Fight Night 2004 to arrive in the mail. Every day his eyes look hopeful upon returning home and then transition into scowling slits once I return from the mailbox empty handed. “Be Zen sweetie, it’ll arrive and be thankful you *have* something coming in the mail for you” (insert stories of kids who don’t have gaming systems or mail boxes here). Last night we were watching “Even Stephens” a Disney sitcom from awhile back and the episode was one where Louis found a lucky penny and all of a sudden everything started to go his way (Louis, played by Shia LaBeouf). Jonathon’s eyes lit up as he remembered that he found a penny last week and it was in his backpack.
It was already 5PM, the mail comes at 3… but I went along with it. I dug out his penny and handed it to him while mentioning, “Well now that you have the penny, the game *should* arrive tomorrow” (which it was scheduled to do). Jonathon smiled widely at his new found luck and I grinned to myself for ridding of the scowling child I may have been subjected to the remainder of the evening.
A few minutes after handing over the penny, I went to take out the trash and saw the mail truck pulling up to the boxes. I shook my head, “No…” I skeptically grabbed the mail key and headed over, opened up the box and sure enough the game was snuggly placed in the mail box.
I handed Jonathon the game and listened to him shriek with delight and shout “Lucky penny!” …this morning after struggling with my clothing, bad hair and mild mishaps, I asked him politely if I could borrow the penny.
Current Mood:
Amused
