Anthropological fieldwork
Part of our holiday hoopla included a trip to New York City.
It is 6 hours without three children in a confined space. With three children in a confined space, it is the seventh circle of hell for hours and hours.
Matt and I decided to document this. As with all good anthropological field work, it is best to not interfere with the subjects. In a video segment of two minutes, I only yell once. That is a tremendous testimony to my fortitude and saintliness.
What is testimony to our stupidity, is that we let the girls “share” a smoothie they paid for: 25%/75%. (Please note: the child who paid for 75% is never actually in possession of the damn smoothie.) Learn from our mistakes. Don’t be idiots.
As we approached hour 16 of our 6 hour drive, there was an emergency. After much screaming and a full fledged meltdown, we realized our oversight. Despite the temperatures sinking below 10 degrees, we forgot to offer someone the opportunity to take his shirt off and stop for french fires.
Happy New Year.
Tags: car rides, seventh circle of hell, smoothies
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January 6, 2009 at 5:06 am
That wasn’t yelling. That was speaking firmly….I’ve heard you yell..lmao!
January 9, 2009 at 12:55 pm
we used to make these trips to Montreal from NY. Three girls in the back seat and two parents that should have never had more than ONE kid.