Announcement

Yesterday I had the pleasure of calling my parents to tell them that we had finally sold the townhouse. Well, the pleasure wasn't so much in telling them (btw, SILs, we haven't told YOUR parents yet, so please keep our secret), but in making them squirm.

When I called, Dad picked up the phone.

"Hey Dad, it's me."

"Hey there, how's it going?"

"Uhm.. It's good. Hey is Mom there?"

"Uh. Yeah."

"Can you put her on the phone too?"

{shuffle to get Mom on the phone}

"Hey Mom. Dad. I have some exciting news for you!"

{together} "Oh no."

{Mom} "I'm afraid to ask."

{Me} "I'm..." {laugh, take a breath, make them squirm as they await the words "pregnant again" that they are sure are about to follow} "...no longer a townhouse owner!"

{huge sigh and awkward stumble over words as they regroup to finally realize I have not told them of the scheduled arrival of yet another grandchild} "Wow!! that's great!"