Michael has a habit of changing what HE is thinking about AND talking about right in the middle of a conversation; then doesn’t understand why I’M confused! Here’s what transpired tonight after a commercial on TV about the “Green Energy Show” coming up this weekend at the Portland Expo Center.
HE: Do you want to go?
ME: I kinda WOULD like to go, but I SHOULD stay home and keep working on my projects. What’s the weather supposed to be like on Saturday?
HE: Possibly more snow. We should take MAX (light-rail train) , but I don’t know how far it is from the station to the Expo.
ME: You could look it up on the internet.
HE: I dunno. It might be a lot of walking and my foot still hurts. (His entire ankle IS one ginormous bruise after he fell on Monday!)
ME: Oh yea, a lot of walking probably isn’t a good thing for you right now. Guess we better stay home.
HE: I’ll call David and tell him I’m not coming.
ME: David’s going? (David is his brother)
HE: He’s going tomorrow.
ME: If David’s going tomorrow and we were going to go on Saturday, why do you need to tell him you’re not going? (We NEVER go anywhere and do anything with his brother except family Christmas get together, so I’m really confused right about now!)
HE: He’s going tomorrow and staying till Saturday.
ME: He’s staying at the EXPO? HUH???
HE: No, he’s going to the COAST and staying until Saturday.
ME: Then WHY do you need to tell him you are not going to the Expo show?!?!? (I am soooooooo confused!)
HE: I’m not going to the coast. I need to tell him I am not going to the coast.
ME: When were you going to the coast?
HE: This weekend. I told you that weeks ago.
ME: No, the last you mentioned the coast you said you WEREN’T going (to help his step-mom with the house and grounds) because everyone else had already done what you were going to do. And besides that, if this was the weekend you were going to the coast, why did you just ask me if I wanted to go to the Expo show????
HE: Because it was this weekend that I WAS going to go if I did.
ME: WHEN did the conversation change from going to the Expo show to you going to the coast???
HE: I thought we just decided to NOT go.
ME: We did! I’m just trying to figure out when and why the conversation went from not going to the Expo show to not going to the coast???!?!? SEE! This is what I’m talking about!!! You changing the subject in the middle of a conversation. Why do you always do that?!?!? (okay, he doesn’t ALWAYS do it; but he does it a LOT!)
Have mercy!