While watching the championship games being played for the tournament weekend my phone dings. A text from Tessie: “$80 is an absurd amount for a pair of straight leg jeans from Abercrombie righttt?”
“YES!!!”
“OK. Just checking.”
As soon as I walked into the door at 10:30 pm Tessie ran to hug me and kiss me and tell me she missed me.
“I missed you, mama. I’m sure you’re tired.”
“I am. We were up early to pack up and check out, then we were at games from 1:00 – 6:20 and then we had a 5 hour drive.”
“Oh OK. It’s just that I went shopping with Yiayia so I wanted to show you what we bought.”
“Sure. Let me see what you really needed.”
Tessie proceeds to not only show me what she bought, but also explain how these jeans are different then the other ones she has, why these gym shoes are necessary because her other ones are more for winter and she doesn’t have spring ones, and then the final question, “So, do you think that I could keep all of it or does something have to go back?”
“It’s fine. You can keep it all.”
Andrew comes in to my room to say goodnight. His goodnight is a recap of the weekend – his practices, what they ate, and what they did. He also caught me up with his grades, emails I need to answer, and things I need to print out and sign. “Even though sometimes you annoy me, I miss you when you’re not home.”
I’m glad I’m back home and all caught up on what I missed!
Craziness of Being a Kouts 