interruptions

[deird1]

Eventually, my family are going to completely forget what it's like to have an uninterrupted conversation.
Then the boys are going to grow up, and we're all going to be left wondering why conversations don't feel like they're supposed to...


Had dinner with my sister's family last night, and heard about my brother-in-law's day. Normally this would go something like this:

"So, I found the contract, handed it to my manager, and he read it over and agreed that we needed to release the elephants. So we opened their cage, set them free, and gave them two trucks full of hay in compensation."
"Really? How interesting."


But now that Caleb is growing up and learning table manners, it's more like this:

"So, I found the contract, handed it to-"
"Daddy, would you like some pepper?"
"Yes, Caleb, I would. Thank you."
"Here you go."
"Thanks. I handed it to my manager, and he read it-"
"Daddy, would you like some salt?"
"No thanks, Caleb."
"Okay."
"Thanks for asking. Anyway, my manager agreed that the elephants-"
"Auntie Deird, would you like some pepper?"

Fun. And very cute. And means that every conversation takes five times as long...