Stinkin' Bet

The other night Jennifer and I were watching TV and she mentioned that she would still like to watch that Sandra Bullock movie, The Lakehouse, sometime. I reminded her that we already saw it and enjoyed it. But, she insisted that she hadn't seen it.

I thought, "How can she say that she has never seen this movie? I know that I have seen it. I would never seen a 'chick-flick' with another guy or by myself. What's the deal?"

We went back and forth arguing about rather or not Jennifer had in fact seen "The Lakehouse". Finally, I decided to go and rent it just to prove that I was right. Maybe if she saw a little bit of it she would start to remember. So I went to the local Blockbuster (yes, we have Blockbuster in Brazil) and rented the movie.

When I got home Jennifer coolly asked, "Do you want to make a bet?" I was extremely confident, so I agreed to bet. We bet that whoever was wrong would change all of Elisa's poopy diapers for one week. Folks, let me tell you something. This little girl is as adorable as they come, but she has unleashed the power of poo! She can really stink it up!!!

Well, sure enough Jennifer stuck to her guns and insisted that she hadn't seen the movie. I am now on full-time poopy duty. That didn't upset me as much as not remembering who I saw this movie with or when I saw it. I thought that I had gone with Jennifer to the theatre here in Porto Alegre. I couldn't imagine seeing it with anyone else. It really bothered me that I couldn't remember.

Later, the next day, I was telling this story to one of our friends and they asked if I saw it on an airplane. That was it! Jennifer fell asleep on the flight back to Brazil from the US in November and I couldn't sleep. The movie was showing and I ended up watching it. I could argue that she was there and just couldn't hang, but I'm a good sport. I'll change my daughter's diapers and I'll change them with glee!