A sure thing (2/26/06)

I offered Nora $100 on the spot if she would stop talking for the rest of the day. She didn't take me up on the offer.

This morning I said to myself that my ears were bleeding from all of the children talking and yelling and crying non-stop. She asked me why my ears were bleeding - she is just way too perceptive and smart... nothing gets past her.

Perhaps in a few years she will finally take me up on the $100 deal - if she was REALLY smart she would take me up on it often enough to finance some major purchases in her life... with my desperation for some peace and solitude and her father's incredible ability to find great investments she could very well put away a nice downpayment for her future home!