Aaron is blessed with many skills. One of his particularly eccentric talents is his optimistic belief that any task can be accomplished in under 15 minutes. Do all the grocery shopping? Clean the entire house? Get back from work? When asked he will always give you an estimate under 15 minutes. This has caused a few conflicts in our marriage, especially when a time estimate proves to be grossly incorrect. When that takes place Aaron usually patiently explains to me the extenuating circumstances that made the task take longer than the appropriate 15 minutes. Even more infuriating is when he can, through some mix of magic and will power, pull off the impossible to prove me wrong.
Last night was a great example. Aaron wanted to go to Ikea to pick up a new rug for our apartment. It was 8:40 and Ikea closes at 9:30. I asked how far away Ikea was. Aaron told me it was 10-15 minutes. I was more than doubtful that we could get to Ikea, make a decent decision on a rug and make it out of the store in time. But I gave Aaron a chance. We walked into Ikea just as the intercom announced that we had ten minutes to make our final selection and bring it to the check out counter. Ten minutes later we walked out of Ikea with a rug, a lamp and a cutting board all for 30 dollars. Aaron once again made the impossible possible and I was wrong again but impressed.
4 comments:
aaron is a talentoso for sure.
i've been looking at the new ikea catalog. so i just might have to go there for the first time. if 1/2 the planet loves it then maybe i should give it a go.
Those sound like genes coming from Grandma Cummings...or my dad for that matter.
Way to go on the lamp, rug, and cutting board! it's so fun to have new things!
I'm still on the lookout for that documentary you recommended, Katy. I'm checking BYU library as we speak.
So funny! My husband does the same thing! Drives me nuts!
That' very impressive!
Is the new lamp replacing the leaning lamp that you think is so pathetic?
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