My son is eleven years old. He's very bright like his mom, but he's very pre-occupied constantly. He talks fast, he runs wherever he goes even if it's from the living room to his bedroom. The other day a simple phone call to him turned into a "Who's on first?" conversation. He rides the bus home so he's home for around an hour and a half before either of us arrive home from work. He has chores to do, get the laundry going, grab the mail, etc. to set the stage for this conversation.
I called his cell phone at about 4pm to check to see if a package I had ordered from Amazon.com had shown up.
Me: "Hey bud, how'd school go today?"
Daniel: "Good."(distracted tone of voice, can tell he's already working on his chores in order to get done faster so he can get to his laptop)
Me: "Did I get a package in the mail today?"
Daniel: "Yep."
Me: "Who's it from?"
Daniel: "Umm, I don't know I wasn't here when it was delivered, I got home around 3:30."
Me: "......No, I mean WHO is the package from?"
Daniel: "I really don't know dad, I didn't see it get dropped off, it was already on the porch when I got off the bus." (no
wiseguy tone of voice or anything, I can tell he's answering honestly....)
Me(laughing): "No, genius, I mean who SENT me the package?"
Daniel: "OH!!!, ok, hold on....(sounds of running, I'm assuming heading toward the bar in the kitchen where we usually put packages).....you still there dad?"
Me: "Yep, still here."
Daniel: "The package was sent by.......FedEx it says."
Me(just shaking my head at this point): "Ok bud, thanks, I appreciate it.
Daniel: "Can you pick me up something to eat on the way home? I forgot to eat my lunch today and I'm starving."
Me(starting to re-consider my decision to let him stay home by himself after school this year): "Did you forget your lunch?"
Daniel: "No, I took it to school with me, but I forgot to eat it."
For a kid that makes straight A's in school it amazes me sometimes how he's able to make it through the day..lol Everyday is an adventure with him.