Shortly after I got married, an older woman told me I should always ask Nick for help in the kitchen, especially to open things up. She also jokingly added that her marriage greatly improved when she gently loosened the jar lid first.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I don't need to loosen anything for my husband because he's "strong as bull."
This is what happened on the FIRST day of Christmas vacation! Not a great start, especially because we (Nick, Ali and Adrienne) had big plans to be productive in NeiHu (about 30 minutes drive from our house). We had just parked...preggo Ali ran into the bathroom as Nick realized he left his phone in the car. "Perfect! You go get the phone, I'll go to the bathroom!" By the time we found the bathroom, Nick was waving us back. I just kept mouthing "I haven't gone to the bathroom yet! Just a minute!" But his persistent waving made me (temporarily) forget about going to the bathroom.
When he told us what happened, we quickly began to brainstorm. 'Where is a locksmith? Where are the spare keys? Should Nick taxi back home to get the keys? Who would be sitting at home, possibly contemplating a spur-of-the-moment trip to NeiHu?' We decided that, being the first day of vacation and all, someone might be willing to bail us out and taxi over. But, where should we start? So...we started calling people. Second on our list were the Bowden's. The conversation went like this...
Erin: Hello?
Ali: Hey, Erin. Whatca doing?
E: Kev and I are deciding what we should do for lunch?
A: What about Carrefore food court? They have a good selection of restaurants.
E: Umm...let me ask Kev.
A: Okay...but first I should probably tell you that's it's the NeiHu Carrefore and we are stuck here and would really love your help.
E: Oh, okay. We can do it.
SWEET!!! After explaining where our spare house keys were and which set of keys were the spare car keys, the Bowden's started the hour long process of bailing us out/taxiing to NeiHu.
Nick, Adrienne and I then got a snack and started shopping, because what else could we do! In the end, the Bowden's made it to NeiHu, we all had lunch together and then we all continued shopping. Our 3-4 hour planned trip turned into a 7 hour adventure...but in the end, we all had a good laugh.
