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And for desert, we'll have some cookies, I'll take a cup of coffee, and my wife will have a moth, please.

After a horrible day yesterday, DrummerWife and I decided to get out of the house, go out to dinner, and hit up a movie. DrummerWife fielded a fantastic phone call yesterday from some jackass at a financial company who asked if we were interested in setting up a TAP account for Aaron. DrummerWife calmly informed the turd that our son had died and that she wanted to be removed from whatever list his company got our number from.

According to DrummerWife, he paused, as if pondering what to say, and replied with "Well...think of all the money you'll save."

DrummerWife then incredulously replied with "What?"

"Yeah, I mean, think of all the money you'll save not having a kid."

"Didn't you hear me? He DIED."

"Yeah, you'll probably save a ton of money now."

"But we WANTED a kid."

"Well, at least you'll be able to save some money."

I think from here, the conversation degraded into DrummerWife berating the turd, and hanging up on him before remembering what company he worked for. Or, we would have called back, gotten a supervisor, and reported the turd. Yargh.

Then, a letter arrived from our health insurance company reminding DrummerWife that just because she's a mom now, that doesn't mean that she can stop taking care of herself, so she should see a doctor.

I have a general question, because this has happened to us a few times now with different companies - if one "department" of a company knows our son is dead, WHY CAN'T THEY SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS? How do these mailings get out to people?

Anyway, back to the point of this post - DrummerWife swallowed a moth as we left the movie theatre. Opened her mouth to yawn, in flew the moth, and that quick, it was lodged in her throat. She eventually swallowed the thing, which had me in hysterics as we walked back to the car. Then, last night as we were laying in bed, DrummerWife asked just about the Best Question Ever: "Do you think that the moth is still flying around in my stomach?"

No, dear. No, I don't. I think it's long-since dead. :P

Comments

Anonymous said…
Nikki - only you would swallow a moth . . . thanks for the laugh Josh!

Tracey
8:35 AM
Aaron'sMommy said…
Tracey - ONLY me. For some reason it sounds like something YOU might do as well.
9:22 AM
Anonymous said…
Just a warning, I get a TON of baby mail. A ton. Granted, I had signed up on a lot of websites a few weeks before I was due for coupons and things, so I fully expected it. Usually I can tell right away what it is and will rip it up. I am pretty used to it now and it doesn't phase me, but it took awhile to get used to. If you guys are on any lists, now that the due date has passed you my start to get flooded with stuff.

And the moth stuff has me laughing hysterically.
12:28 PM
Anonymous said…
I got a form from my insurance company asking me to explain the reasons Mckenzie had a head injury and needed a neurosurgeon. o_O I realized that it was an automatically generated form, but it killed me to fill it out and return it. There are landmines everywhere for a few months. :(
11:42 AM
Anonymous said…
Ugh... moths. DrumDrum.. you KNOW how I feel about them. I'm phobic.

I wonder if it's spinning a cocoon in Nikki's stomach right now... ooooh.. silky! ;)
2:23 PM
Josh said…
She swallowed a moth, not a caterpillar, Ayms. :)
7:13 AM
Anonymous said…
Moth, caterpillar, who cares! Nikki, for crying out loud. Stop it with the extra protein supplements! Yech.
5:15 PM
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