Thursday, December 18, 2008

Grandma must be laughing her butt off

As a child I spent hours upon hours at my grandmas house. I have the fondest memories from those days I miss her more and more with each passing milestone in my life. As I age I regret not asking her more and taking more of her life lessons to heart sooner. She never got to meet my son, she only briefly met my now Husband. So on to the point My mother and I were sitting at her kitchen table talking in a loud whisper...just loud enough to hear each other gripe about our loving husbands but as not to be overheard by them...all while drowning out the TV at near deafening levels. It all of a sudden hit me My grandma must be rolling in heaven. We used to laugh at her and my grandfather all the time their little quirks and now I'm pretty sure my mother and I managed to marry men just like my grandpa. Don't get me wrong my grandparents we're very much in love ...I'm pretty sure. They didn't show it in the usual ways. Their love was expressed thur my grandma screaming "Alex, Alex Alex" at increasing levels even though my grandfather was pretty much stone deaf. Then she walk away grumbling to herself that he never listens. I married a well driller who I'm pretty sure has A.D.D. Our TV volume is set at a steady 60 I swear! I now retreat to the dinning room to "play" on the computer because the noise level is causing panic attacks. I often find myself wondering how did grandma get grandpa to wear those earphones and where can I find some. I became addicted to the afternoon soap All my Children at oh I'd say the age of 10. How you may ask, wasn't I in school!! Yes, during the regular program time I was happily enjoying silent sustained reading time or lunch, but you see grandpa would interrupt my grandma's show constantly. So being the clever fox she was she programed the VCR to record her show everyday and then watch it when grandpa took his afternoon nap. Which happened to coincide with my arrival after school, thus a soap addict was born. I now have my DVR set to record the same show as to play it after my husband is asleep for the night or at work, because just like Grandpa my husband has something very important to disscuss as soon as All My Children comes on. Yes, Grandma I now understand ....laugh away.