Last year was ASid's first Boxing Day as a newly
minted teenager and he showed a profound interest in exploring what it is all
about. Craigley decided to sleep the day away and I ended up taking the boys to
a nearby mall. We took the TTC as I don't drive; so, the boys had a seriously
limited exposure to the frenzy that's associated with the big day. They ended
up spending their Christmas money at Chapters and Shoppers. It is amazing how
much useless stuff (from a parent's perspective) one can find in a store that
is supposed to sell books and the other that is supposed to dispense
medication! What has the world come down to!
Fast forward to 2015 and ASid looks back on that
experience as frustrating and not very satisfying. He pretty much blamed his
dad for choosing sleep over driving his first born to various stores on Boxing
Day! Such emotional outbursts are usually punishable in Craigley's books by
letting the child suffer through a similar day as last year's or worse...forbid
any shopping whatsoever!
But Craigley has been a changed man recently. It could
be that he has realized he is losing out in the popularity contest for who is
the best parent between the 2 of us OR he is simply going through a midlife
crisis. He actually asked ASid to pick a store and promised to drive him there!
ASid picked 401 Games downtown that is open Boxing Day from 7 am to 9 pm. It is
his ultimate dream shopping spree. If he had a million dollars, he would spend
it all at this store.
The plan was to pick up a friend and be there by 8 am.
ASid set his alarm for 6:30 am. It rang and woke me up. It perhaps rang again 5
or 10 minutes later. I was up by then. I gently knocked on ASid's door at 7:11
am. He just told me that there is still time for 8 am and promptly went back to
sleep!
Both father and son are still sleeping, and I got
inspired to write this post! It is 7:39 am now.
Addendum: (2 days later)
The father-son
duo did manage to leave home around 8:30ish and returned 7 or 8 hours later -
the father went back to sleep right away and the son couldn't sleep as he was
too excited! The son ended up spending nearly all of his Christmas money on
Yu-Gi-Oh cards. The mother wanted to remind the son about Paris and his
"budget outburst"; however, she decided to be the mature adult!
Hope that
frontal lobe develops sooner than later!
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