Oh, Wait
“It’s time to leave for dinner,” my dad said.
“Okay, I’m ready…Oh, just wait.” was her reply.
There was no need to rush, I thought. I’ve seen this act before, we’ve got a least half an hour before we will actually leave. Now it was wait time. What to do?
There would be at least two more requests to leave, prior to Vesuvius erupting. I went back to my room looking for something to do. Maybe I could start watching a movie. You never know this could be a marathon. So what to watch? Let’s see.
“Heaven Can Wait” 1978 – Sounds good, but if you’ve seen “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” 1941 in your youth, who wants to watch a remake.
“Wait till Your Mother Gets Home” 1983 – That sounds possible. A good contrast to “Wait till my mother leaves home right now” which is happening live.
“We have to leave, now,” my father shouts. Ahh. getting close to Vesuvius time.
“I’m almost ready, just a minute… Oh, wait, ” was mom’s reply.
“I’ll Wait for you” is another 1941 film – Maybe my father should watch that one.
“Wait for Me in Heaven” 1988 – That’s impossible. I’ve already overheard that argument between them on who’s going to heaven and who’s going to hell. Don’t think there will be any waiting going on then.
“Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie” 1952 – Maybe that should be renamed Wait till the sun shines, mommy. More realistic to today’s scenario.
“That’s it, if you don’t come now, I’m leaving without you,” my father again. This is usually the precursor to Vesuvius.
“I’ll be there in one second…Oh, Wait!” mom’s retort.
“Wait for me in Another World” 2007 – Well if the heaven/hell thing doesn’t work there’s always that.
“Wait until Dark” 1967 – Well if the sun don’t shine then I guess that is the alternative.
The next thing I hear is the front door slamming. And there it goes – the volcano has erupted. Time for me to go outside with my dad and try to calm him down, knowing my mother will now appear within minutes.
There was no discussion on the way to the restaurant. There rarely is. And of course, when we got to the restaurant we had to wait about 20 minutes to be seated. Luckily, the food was good. As for me though I couldn’t wait to get home. I needed to watch one of my favorite movies. “About Time” 2013 – though I wouldn’t want to be able to redo this experience. It never changes.
