Noise at Night
The other
night I was slowly drifting off to sleep when I was disturbed by the
slightest little “Pop” from downstairs.
It was a strange noise. I am used
to strange noises in our townhouse as we often hear comings, goings and
happenings from one of our two attached neighbors. But this was not neighbors.
This little “pop”
was so subtle I doubted that Mrs. C even noticed. As I debated getting up and exploring to see
if there was a water leak or a gas thing or hell, I had no idea what, Mrs. C
asked me, “Did you have tea tonight?”
Now before I
continue to extol my wife’s uncanny ability to recreate events from the
slightest visual or audio clue I must explain the tea thing.
Last year at
my regular trip to Dr. Rosen which is required to re-up a prescription, my
blood pressure was a bit high. Just
enough to raise concern. I do not want
to take drugs unless absolutely necessary, so we went to the internet and
determined almonds and hibiscus tea will help bring down blood pressure and in
fact those ingredients have lowered my pressure to the “normal” level.
Anyway:
I generally
eat a handful of almonds at night and instead of plain water during the day I
drink iced hibiscus tea. Mrs. C brews up
the tea every other day and it is kept in a Tupperware container in the fridge. When it is empty I leave the container on the
counter so Mrs. C knows to brew more.
Back to the
barely audible “Pop” that disturbed my sleep drifting.
Mrs. C
asked,
“Did you have tea tonight?”
“Yeah.”
“Did you finish the container and
leave it out?”
“Yeah.”
“OK…Good night.”
“Wait, why are you asking me about
tea?”
“I heard a noise, the tea explains it…good
night.”
“Wait, I heard the noise too, what
does it have to do with tea?”
“You left the empty container out
with the top closed. The temperature
change from the closed fridge and the warm kitchen caused the lid to pop open…good
night.”
Now I had to
get up and go downstairs to check the weird noise. On the kitchen counter was the Tupperware jug
with the lid wide open.
Mrs. C
should definitely work for CSI.
That's what wives are for! We have built-in mechanisms to understand and explain to our husband what he doesn't understand about daily life events since most concentrate primarily on the big picture as they are quick to explain to us when they don't have answers.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahaha. Mrs. C is THE BEST! :D
ReplyDeleteThink I'd like to get to know Mrs. C. Smart lady!
ReplyDeleteIt's yeaars of scientific investigative work that has given her this rare ability. In other words, she saw it happen once, it probably startled her, and she's never forgotten it.
ReplyDeleteBravo! Mrs. C should probably have her own reality TV show.
ReplyDeleteOh, I know about those women and the way they work.
ReplyDeleteVery intuitive on her part!
ReplyDeletebetty
It's a case of 'once heard, never forgotten'. I like the way Mrs C's mind works.
ReplyDeleteThis is so funny, it's the kind of conversation we would have. lol
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip on lowering the blood pressure.
Briony
x
That's great and saved you a trip downstairs!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's uncanny!
ReplyDeleteGood thing it was so benign; you know not to try to stealth anything past her, right?
;)
I think Mrs. C. could be the lead investigator. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. ☺
Yes, that is amazing reasoning. Personally, I tend to make a catastrophe story out of those bumps in the night.
ReplyDeleteWow! Mrs. C knows her Tupperware!
ReplyDeleteWow, she is good. Now you have me hunting Hibiscus tea.
ReplyDeleteYeah, she's good!!
ReplyDeleteHeeheehee! Clever deduction!
ReplyDeleteCrap! I had no idea it would do that. You're in worse trouble that I thought :)
ReplyDeleteR
Oh man I say that working for CSI would fit her well.
ReplyDeleteI'd never have figured out the source of that sound.
ReplyDeleteMrs. C sounds a lot like Lt. Columbo (from the TV series)!
ReplyDeleteEating the almonds when they are covered in chocolate, that still helps, does it? (Please say yes. Lie if you have to.)
I'm off to look for hibiscus tea.