Here's a long story that I've been meaning to blog for nearly two months now.
Before I left for this Southwestern thing, I needed to remove nearly everything I owned from my place in Gainesville. The only things I could leave behind were the furniture, some pictures, and the washer and dryer.
I didn't have a whole lot of time to do all of this, and I ended up renting a U-Haul to get all my stuff into a storage unit that I was renting for the summer. The second-to-last night before my trip I still had the U-Haul, and Joy and I stayed up late packing up more of my stuff and then packing all of that into the U-Haul. We packed as much as we could and then drove off to the storage place at like 3AM. We did this because the lady at the facility told me it was a 24 hour facility, which was a big reason for choosing to store my stuff where I did.
Anyway, we got to the storage place and it was closed, of course. So we started to drive home with the full U-Haul -- completely tired and sleep deprived. Then on the road ahead I see these kittens playing. They weren't moving for the U-Haul so I had to slam on the brakes. I was pretty upset, because slamming on the brakes caused everything in the U-Haul to fly forward and hit the back wall. It was loud and it sounded awful. (This story is a lot longer than it really needs to be right now.) Anyway, I was so tired, and so worried, and so upset that I just yelled out in frustration, "those kitties!"
I just don't think I'll ever forget that night, the way I said "those kitties!" or the way Joy reacted.
Posted by David at June 24, 2004 11:33 PM"Those kitties!" I won't ever forget the way you said it. Tired, frustrated, and yet still unable to ignore the fact that the cause of all that slamming and crashing that had just occurred was something cute, tiny, innocent, and just plain adorable. You couldn't erase the tone from your voice that communicated how you just knew that those kitties had no idea what they had done and the fact that after all the trouble they had caused they were still just having fun in their trouble-free world. It was utterly hilarious and adorable to me how you said it and I am so glad that you finally decided to at least write a little bit about that night. It was one interesting night, to say the least. We were both so deliriously tired and I remember just sitting and laughing away at how you had said those two words with such frustration about the safety of your belongings and worry about the safety of those kitties! How wonderful to remember something that I enjoyed so much! I can't wait for this summer to be over so we can see each other again!
Posted by: Joy at June 29, 2004 06:37 PM