Saturday and Someday

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Saturday, July 23, 2005

"Ne ducem in oras. Vii cu noi?"

"No, I promised Tristan we'd go adventuring today."

"What are you going to do?"

"I think we'll walk down to the lake and take pictures."

"Okay, but don't let him get in the water. He made such a mess last time."

"Nah, we're just gonna take pictures."

* * *

"Can we go swimming?"

"We better not. You heard your mom."

He doesn't say anything, just looks out at the water.

"Besides, we didn't bring our swim-shorts. We can't just go swimming in our jeans."

* * *

"Okay, let's eat and then go back in."

"All right. But you know you shouldn't swim after eating."

"Really?"

"No, not really. But I always heard that as a kid."

"Is mom gonna be mad at us?"

"She'll act mad, but she's not. Just play along and act contrite."

"What's contrite?"

"Just act like you're sorry you did it and tell her you won't ever do it again."

"We're not gonna do this again?"

"Pfft. Are you kidding? We're doing this again tomorrow."