My mom always laughs about how difficult it was to deal with me as a child because I was such a smooth talker. She always said that I could talk myself into or out of anything and that as a child once I got something in my head there was no getting it out until I just drove everyone crazy. I was a class act, full blown negotiator, and had reverse psychology down...Well let me say that this girl has met her match and no matter how tough my parents like to muse I was as a child I have nothing on this child of mine...he is clearly in a class of his own. When he was 2 he tried to negotiate with the sales guy at the furniture store. LOL.
This boy is just the love of my life. He makes me laugh and smile every single day and there isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't leave me with a funny story to look back on for a good laugh one day. He is this natural salesman/negotiator, and was at it from the time he could talk!
If you could have been in the car on the way home from dinner tonight you too would have had a good laugh...since you missed it let me recap how that played out:
C: Mims, when I am bigger and have my license I want to have your car. I love your car and if kids make fun of me for driving it then I will just...just...just tell them to stop and be quiet and not let them be mean about it. I would take care of it and keep it nice and shiny.
Me: Oh...so you like my car huh?
C: Yes, I love this car. I'm going to have it.
Me: So, how much you think you will pay me for this car when you are 16 and can drive it?
C: Hmm...I will give you $10.
Me: $10? A car costs a lot more than $10 dude. You can't even buy a Lego for $10.
C: Okay okay okay...25 cents then.
Me: Cristian you realize that 25 cents is less than $10 right?
C: I will give you 10 cents.
Me: That is only a dime. You can't buy a car for a dime, nice try. How about $2,000?
C: $2,000?!?!? MOM! I can't pay you all that money! Money doesn't just grow on trees you know! I have to get a good job and go to work and I need a car to go to work. How do you want me to get to work if I don't have a car? How am I supposed to make money if I can't drive to work? You just want me to have a motorcycle!
Me: No, no motorcycle for you at 16 bud. Of course I want you to make money and have a job. I could give you a loan. You can give me a little but of money each pay day and in return I will let you have the car. How would that work?
C: That is not the point Mimi. You don't understand the point at all. (he pauses and sighs a few times) Okay Mimi - guess what? I am going to be a famous inventor as you know and I am going to invent you a car.
Me: Really?
C: Yes! I am going to invent you the most amazing car. It will take care of itself, wash itself, keep you safe and if you ever have a car accident then it will even fix itself! You won't even have to spend money for gas because it will run without any gas at all.
Me: Wow, now that sounds like quite a car. Just how much will I have to pay you for this car?
C: 25 cents! (he gets all serious which cracked me up) I know how hard you work for your money Mimi. You work so hard all the time you are just working and working so you can make money and I don't want you to have to spend your money since you work so hard for it. I want you to be happy and be able to just relax. Because I love you so much and want you to have a good life, you only have to pay one quarter.
Me: I see. So, remind me again...how much are you going to pay me for my car when you are 16?
C: 25 cents!
Me: I thought we agreed on $2,000?
C: Mimi!!! You are SO mean! You don't care about how hard I will have to work to make my money! You just want me to spend ALL of it! You should want me to be smart and have a good job and make lots of money and be a nice mom. So he goes on and on and on for several minutes in an upset rant and lecture....until I interrupt him
Me: Okay Cristian how about $500?
C: The fake tears, pleading, squealing, lecturing, etc...comes to a dead stop and I get in a normal, happy, controlled voice, "It's a deal".
LOL! That little stink...
Today I was picked for a 2 hour focus group on Travel. I love when I get those survey calls out of the blue and I qualify for their study. Who doesn't love free cash? It paid $125 but they had an early bird drawing for everyone who got there 15 minutes early. All 9 people in the group arrived 15 minutes early but guess whose name they pulled from the cup? Heck yeah, MINE! I never win those drawings so I was pretty stoked!! I ended up making $225 for 1 hour and 45 min of giving my opinion on travel things which is enough to cover my house sitting while I am on vacation. I guess good things do happen when you least expect them. :)
We only have 7 more days until our vacation! I cannot wait!!! Cristian will get off the ship with us in Grand Cayman and Costa Maya this time around. We are going to do a stingray city excursion in Grand Cayman which does the stingray sandbar and then 2 snorkel sites. In Costa Maya we are doing this really neat excursion where we go into a Mayan Village and get to learn all about modern Mayan life and culture. Then we get to watch them cook us lunch using the underground ovens and eat with them. Cristian is super excited about that one because he knows his heritage is Mayan and he thinks it is so cool. He wants to see how they make the tortillas, LOL... This will be our first Disney cruise so will see how it goes. No casino but they do have a water roller coaster! I'm so ready to be on vacation!! Bring on the "Magic". :)
Weighed in this morning with a 1 pound gain. I guess adding cheese and nuts back in yesterday was a big no no for my body. I seem to be sensitive to nuts no matter how slow I try to add them back in. Ugh! Today I kept things pretty clean - stayed away from nuts and just did a little cheese with my eggs this morning. Will see what the scale does in the morning. Lara on the other hand ate exactly what I ate with the addition of who knows how many Starbucks Iced Coffee's and she LOST .3 pounds. Go figure.
Cheers,
M E
This boy is just the love of my life. He makes me laugh and smile every single day and there isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't leave me with a funny story to look back on for a good laugh one day. He is this natural salesman/negotiator, and was at it from the time he could talk!
If you could have been in the car on the way home from dinner tonight you too would have had a good laugh...since you missed it let me recap how that played out:
C: Mims, when I am bigger and have my license I want to have your car. I love your car and if kids make fun of me for driving it then I will just...just...just tell them to stop and be quiet and not let them be mean about it. I would take care of it and keep it nice and shiny.
Me: Oh...so you like my car huh?
C: Yes, I love this car. I'm going to have it.
Me: So, how much you think you will pay me for this car when you are 16 and can drive it?
C: Hmm...I will give you $10.
Me: $10? A car costs a lot more than $10 dude. You can't even buy a Lego for $10.
C: Okay okay okay...25 cents then.
Me: Cristian you realize that 25 cents is less than $10 right?
C: I will give you 10 cents.
Me: That is only a dime. You can't buy a car for a dime, nice try. How about $2,000?
C: $2,000?!?!? MOM! I can't pay you all that money! Money doesn't just grow on trees you know! I have to get a good job and go to work and I need a car to go to work. How do you want me to get to work if I don't have a car? How am I supposed to make money if I can't drive to work? You just want me to have a motorcycle!
Me: No, no motorcycle for you at 16 bud. Of course I want you to make money and have a job. I could give you a loan. You can give me a little but of money each pay day and in return I will let you have the car. How would that work?
C: That is not the point Mimi. You don't understand the point at all. (he pauses and sighs a few times) Okay Mimi - guess what? I am going to be a famous inventor as you know and I am going to invent you a car.
Me: Really?
C: Yes! I am going to invent you the most amazing car. It will take care of itself, wash itself, keep you safe and if you ever have a car accident then it will even fix itself! You won't even have to spend money for gas because it will run without any gas at all.
Me: Wow, now that sounds like quite a car. Just how much will I have to pay you for this car?
C: 25 cents! (he gets all serious which cracked me up) I know how hard you work for your money Mimi. You work so hard all the time you are just working and working so you can make money and I don't want you to have to spend your money since you work so hard for it. I want you to be happy and be able to just relax. Because I love you so much and want you to have a good life, you only have to pay one quarter.
Me: I see. So, remind me again...how much are you going to pay me for my car when you are 16?
C: 25 cents!
Me: I thought we agreed on $2,000?
C: Mimi!!! You are SO mean! You don't care about how hard I will have to work to make my money! You just want me to spend ALL of it! You should want me to be smart and have a good job and make lots of money and be a nice mom. So he goes on and on and on for several minutes in an upset rant and lecture....until I interrupt him
Me: Okay Cristian how about $500?
C: The fake tears, pleading, squealing, lecturing, etc...comes to a dead stop and I get in a normal, happy, controlled voice, "It's a deal".
LOL! That little stink...
Today I was picked for a 2 hour focus group on Travel. I love when I get those survey calls out of the blue and I qualify for their study. Who doesn't love free cash? It paid $125 but they had an early bird drawing for everyone who got there 15 minutes early. All 9 people in the group arrived 15 minutes early but guess whose name they pulled from the cup? Heck yeah, MINE! I never win those drawings so I was pretty stoked!! I ended up making $225 for 1 hour and 45 min of giving my opinion on travel things which is enough to cover my house sitting while I am on vacation. I guess good things do happen when you least expect them. :)
We only have 7 more days until our vacation! I cannot wait!!! Cristian will get off the ship with us in Grand Cayman and Costa Maya this time around. We are going to do a stingray city excursion in Grand Cayman which does the stingray sandbar and then 2 snorkel sites. In Costa Maya we are doing this really neat excursion where we go into a Mayan Village and get to learn all about modern Mayan life and culture. Then we get to watch them cook us lunch using the underground ovens and eat with them. Cristian is super excited about that one because he knows his heritage is Mayan and he thinks it is so cool. He wants to see how they make the tortillas, LOL... This will be our first Disney cruise so will see how it goes. No casino but they do have a water roller coaster! I'm so ready to be on vacation!! Bring on the "Magic". :)
Weighed in this morning with a 1 pound gain. I guess adding cheese and nuts back in yesterday was a big no no for my body. I seem to be sensitive to nuts no matter how slow I try to add them back in. Ugh! Today I kept things pretty clean - stayed away from nuts and just did a little cheese with my eggs this morning. Will see what the scale does in the morning. Lara on the other hand ate exactly what I ate with the addition of who knows how many Starbucks Iced Coffee's and she LOST .3 pounds. Go figure.
Cheers,
M E
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