For those of you that don't know, JD was blessed with a lot of my personality traits. One of those being that we are not super competitive people...not in sports anyways. However, I've noticed that as JD is getting older, his competitive side is coming out some.
Because both of us are shower hogs, he usually gets a shower at night and I get one in the morning - that way we don't compete for the hot water. However, one sure fire way to get him moving towards the shower is to say "Son, I'm going to get in the shower right now and when I get out, you better be in your bathroom getting a shower. You can either get in now and have some hot water, or I'll use it all and you still have to shower." Now, is that nice? Not really. However, we both know that I'm not going to use all the hot water and he's going to go get in it immediately. It's more a joke than anything.
Well, last week we had a few days where this scenario played out. On the first morning I gave him this same line and we were both laughing as I took off for my bathroom and he took off for his. Sure enough, about half way through my shower the water starts getting cold. I'm fine with that - at least I know he's in the shower. I hurry up and get out, get dressed and come out of my room and JD is still in the shower. Y'all the water had to be COLD by then. He comes out of the bathroom and I said "Well, did you get a nice hot shower?" He starts laughing and says "Nope...I got a FREEZING cold shower." I'm wondering how that happened and he says, "You see mama, I didn't want you to win, so I had to go to the bathroom and I turned the water on full blast, full hot while I did. I figured I was going to win." I said "Son, you didn't win though - you had to take a cold shower." He says "Yep, but so did you. Don't you see mom? I might not have had hot water, but you didn't either." Oh yeah, I was cracking up laughing. I guess in him mind he won...even if he did have to take a freezing shower. It was pretty funny. I guess he's a little competitive after all.
Boys...there are some things I will never understand. =) I guess that is what keeps things interesting.
