Friday. The morning sun pours into a light blue suburban bedroom and dances across the face of a woman sleeping peacefully. Just then, the beeping alarm jolts her awake.
9:00: Wha?... 9:00?! ... I'm late for work! .. No... wait... I took today off... Then why did I set my alarm?!... Oh yes, running with the neighbor kid.
9:01: Full body soreness assessment. Quads= a little. Back= a little more. Overall, not a bad morning after a 40 mile bike ride the day before. Better ibuprofen up just in case.
9:05-9:55: Eat, get dressed, go sit on the front steps to let Garmie locate satellites.
10:00: Hmmm, maybe I should like, stretch or something so I don't look like a crazy lady sitting on her front steps staring at the front door across the street....
10:05: ...Still half-assed stretching...
10:10: W
10:11: T
10:12: F!
10:15: Charge in the house, snatch phone, and start dialing.
The Husband: Yes, dear?
Me: Stupid neighbor kid is late. What's his number?
The Husband: (laughter) Oh, Mrs. Robinson. Here, get a pen...
10:16: Text sent to neighbor kid: What's the deal? Are we running today or no?
10:17: Text received from neighbor kid: No, something came up. Srry.
10:17:01: Srry? SRRY?! YOU are standing ME up, and the best you can do is SRRY?! That's not even a word!
10:18-10:20: Outrage at getting stood up. By a 17 year old.
10:20-11:00: (Mostly) over it. Laying on the floor watching Food Network and trying to get remotivated to go run.
11:00-11:45: Lovely 5+ mile recover run
11:45: See neighbor kid in his driveway stuffing the car full of little plastic Guitar Hero instruments and an XBox.
Me: So, what's going on. What happened?
Neighbor kid: Yeah, I'm moving in with my dad--wait-- have you been running since 10:00?!
Me: N-- Yes. Yes, I have been running since 10:00.
Neighbor kid: Wow, that's almost 2 hours! I would have died!
Me: Yes. Yes, you would have died.
Walks away.
End scene.
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56 comments:
Well, there goes my theory of the neighborhood kid having a crush on you. I certainly hope you are not heartbroken!
Video games beat out running with a hot older woman.
Are you sure this kid has hit puberty yet? WTF, indeed.
LMFAO
That. Is. Awesome.
Little bastard.
Ok, gotta delurk to say well played!
LMAO!
MCM Mama
nice. ahhhh so glad i'm no longer 17.
Lame, lame, lame, lame!
I do realize the truth in Xenia's words, but still ;-)
WTF?!?! Sounds like he needs a lesson in manners AND spelling! LOL!
This cracked me up! SRRY! WTF. ha ha ha what a lameo, and glad that he realized that you would have crushed him!
Kids these days...
at least you got a funny story out of it!
Ha. I don't get abbreviating words by only leaving out one letter. How does that make texting faster?
Theres worse things in the worl... nope, nevermind, there isnt. Stood up! Revenge is a must :)
Wow, he is definitely not SRRY enough! I can't believe he stood you up!
I'm dying!!! That is great!
Funny that something actually did come up for him, too.
This post is seriously FUNNY!! Applause and a big smile..
Mel
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahah i would like to print this out and look at it every time i need to laugh. so funny. N-Yes!
I hate all the spelling crap! Love had you said you had been running the whole time. Must suck to be that kid though and have to juggle between parent's houses.
Can I please start a slow clap for that preformance? Great...Loved it.
hahaha. at least you wayyy impressed him with your "two hour" run!
I think he chickened out :-)
haha that is hilarious! Guess you wont be running with him anytime soon!
Way to impress the srry kid with your 2 hour run!
Since my son is 17 this is particularly funny to me. Especially the "Srry" - seriously, they can type four of five letters in the text, but adding in the "o" is just over the top?!?
ahhh, he was jailbait anyway ;=)
HA to the HA!!!
LMAO! Not showing up's the same as losing. You win this round, girl.
LOL - awesome.
Wait, why does your husband have the 17 year old neighbor kids number?
What a lil punk as$ B! That snotty lil 17 year old didnt wanna get shown up! Thats why he chickened out!
Haha wow! What a punk kid!!
That boy doesn't know what he's missing!
LOL - kid's these days just have no manners :)
This made my day.
SRRY...classic.
Srry...that's all he had to say...srry? What a wuss...
In other words, you rock, XC2!
Perhaps next time you can challenge him to a kcirb session and see how he'd like that. Pfft!
HAHAHA...sorry, no XC2, I'm not laughing AT you...HAHAHA...really, I promise. Don't worry, even though the years are starting to creep up on you, I'm sure you haven't totally lost your hot factor. I'm sure KARMA would be a much more suitable scapegoat here - that's what you get for planning to abuse the boy!
ROFL! Good job on the two hour five mile run!
And to echo what Adam said, what is the hubbs doing with the 17 year old neighbor kids number? Ha!
Glad you had a couple of good days off! :)
LMAO... you are too funny! Love this post.
Is he gay?
Wait!
Are you?
No, that wouldn't explain it.
He must be gay.
Even if he's not, I bet now, when you do hook up, you won't give him any. And when he whines "Why not?"
Just say: "Srry."
But first ... learn the correct pronunciation of "Srry".
Hahaha well at least you were still able to get five miles in an trick the kid that it was closer to 15 hehe
Srry -- that's hilarious!
I'm glad you told him you'd been running since 10. Love it!
omg this is hilarious. I hope I get hit on by a neighborhood boy soon. :p
I love that your husband called you Mrs. Robinson.
Lame of neighbor kid not to give you a heads up! Two thumbs up on running since 10!
Srry...? I'm so out of the loop.
Punk kid.
lol LOOOOOVE it :)
I'm sure he touched himself later thinking about you...
haha you would have died
Hahaha. You TOLD him. "You would have died." haaha. That's what he gets for standing you up...although I guess domestic issues probably count as a good excuse. Spelling mistake...not so much.
This is the most fantastic thing ever! Well, not getting stood up but the "you would have died" comment. LOVE IT! Yes, he would have.
Haha, I totally loved the play by play. Oh kids these days and their video games.....
Gaaahhhhh ROFL!
And that is why a kid like that will nvr get a grl like u.
Hahah that is awesome! Punk kid standing you up...he couldn't have handled the heat anyways.
awww haha too funny
Well..that was a twist when I read the line where he said he was moving. I thought he was just going to go play video games or something.
Best lines:
"Srry."
&
"Me: N-- Yes. Yes, I have been running since 10:00."
omg....awesome! :)
Can't believe he skipped out (though that whole "moving in with Dad" thing sounds serious), but at least he was impressed with your run and likely thought himself very lucky for the first time all day!
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