A few weeks ago I was flying through my home-town of Denver and foresaw a possibility of giving up my seat on the over-booked flight. Wanting to spend some quality time with my parents, I called them and asked if they would be willing to come pick me up at the airport that night if I gave up my seat (and got $500 in return!). The answer was less than enthusiastic. In fact, it was down-right grumpy. My dad offered to pay me $500 just so he wouldn't have to climb out of his warm bed, forgo his 8pm bedtime, and see his one and only daughter. My step-mom proceeded to yell at him and remind me that they (of course) would do anything for me.
Well, the next morning, I got an email from my dad:
The top ten reasons that make your dad grumpy.
10. Secular progressives doing anything.
9. Being taken to a movie, play, opera, church or any place where he has to sit still for over an hour.
8. The stock market not doing what he wants it to do.
7. People extolling the virtues of eating broccoli.
6. When he has to go outside and yell at kids and deer to get off his lawn.
5. Having a dance partner, such as his wife, who refuses to follow his excellent lead with his fabulous moves.
4. People reminding him that he is not the center of the universe.
3. Getting in his truck and discovering that the radio has been changed to the Jesus station. (my dad dislikes that I like to listen to KLOVE - aka the Jesus station - in all their cars when I drive them)
2. Pamela telling him, “No, you can’t buy another gun today!”
And the top reason that makes your dad grumpy . . . .
1. Amie phoning home from Florida, late at night, asking if her dad could leave his warm, comfortable bed and make a special trip out to Denver’s airport in a snowstorm for a surprise visit from his only daughter.
I love my dad, even his grumpy-ness. And especially when his grumpy-ness makes me laugh :)
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