Just a Typical American Family
At 3:30 this morning I could hear Cici in the shower. Ping had just crawled back in bed with me after driving to school to pick Cici up when the band returned from the football game in Dallas. At 4:30 this morning I heard Cici walking quietly into our room headed for our bathroom. I sat up to ask what she needed. My leg hurts, she told me, so I need the medicine. It sounded like a mosquito, or maybe more than one, got to her legs at the ball game.
Cici called me from the bus enroute to Dallas yesterday afternoon. Shortly after that, Ping took the mail to the post office and went to visit a friend who lives nearby. She called me later to ask if I was going to Costco. Call me if you decide to go, but I may stop to buy some plants instead, she said. I can buy them now at a third of the price I paid earlier this year, she continued. I called Ping when I left the office. I will stop for gas at Costco, I told her, and will pick up a few things inside as well. And we need more paper for the office. Gas, I noticed, had dropped to $2.39 a gallon. I paid $2.49 just a week ago.
Let me see, I thought as I walked through Costco. The case of paper was already loaded in my cart. Some romaine lettuce. Some of these Asian Fusion wraps that tasted good when I sampled them at one of their demo stations. I bet Ping is out of milk, so I put a gallon in the cart. Better get some of these long sleeved t-shirts; just $11.
Ping arrived home after I got there. She had some new plants in the car and went to set them out in the yard where the phone company had dug the big hole and left things in a mess while Ping was in China. They had put grass sod on part of their mess but there was bare dirt closer to the street. I noticed this morning when I got the newspaper that Ping had cleaned up the mess and used the new plants to make things look nice again.
Ping and I sat at the dining table and ate from a huge bowl of salad that she made. At my suggestion she has started using purple cabbage and cucumber slices in her salads. I need to suggest that she begin using pine nuts in her salads as well. Cici called to let me know she was on the bus headed for Dallas, I told Ping as we ate. I will pick her up from school, Ping said, because you will go to the office to meet clients tomorrow morning.
This morning I read the newspaper and then headed to the office. The girls will sleep through the morning and then we will meet friends for a late lunch. Cici will resume studying for the PSAT this afternoon while I try to get more work done. Ping will probably go to Marshall's to see if they rearranged the merchandise since the last time she was there.
Wait a minute. Our life is no different than that of a typical American family.
Cici called me from the bus enroute to Dallas yesterday afternoon. Shortly after that, Ping took the mail to the post office and went to visit a friend who lives nearby. She called me later to ask if I was going to Costco. Call me if you decide to go, but I may stop to buy some plants instead, she said. I can buy them now at a third of the price I paid earlier this year, she continued. I called Ping when I left the office. I will stop for gas at Costco, I told her, and will pick up a few things inside as well. And we need more paper for the office. Gas, I noticed, had dropped to $2.39 a gallon. I paid $2.49 just a week ago.
Let me see, I thought as I walked through Costco. The case of paper was already loaded in my cart. Some romaine lettuce. Some of these Asian Fusion wraps that tasted good when I sampled them at one of their demo stations. I bet Ping is out of milk, so I put a gallon in the cart. Better get some of these long sleeved t-shirts; just $11.
Ping arrived home after I got there. She had some new plants in the car and went to set them out in the yard where the phone company had dug the big hole and left things in a mess while Ping was in China. They had put grass sod on part of their mess but there was bare dirt closer to the street. I noticed this morning when I got the newspaper that Ping had cleaned up the mess and used the new plants to make things look nice again.
Ping and I sat at the dining table and ate from a huge bowl of salad that she made. At my suggestion she has started using purple cabbage and cucumber slices in her salads. I need to suggest that she begin using pine nuts in her salads as well. Cici called to let me know she was on the bus headed for Dallas, I told Ping as we ate. I will pick her up from school, Ping said, because you will go to the office to meet clients tomorrow morning.
This morning I read the newspaper and then headed to the office. The girls will sleep through the morning and then we will meet friends for a late lunch. Cici will resume studying for the PSAT this afternoon while I try to get more work done. Ping will probably go to Marshall's to see if they rearranged the merchandise since the last time she was there.
Wait a minute. Our life is no different than that of a typical American family.
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