I think I may change “Writing Wednesday” to “Wednesday Words” or something similar, because I don’t always have something new to tell you about what I’m writing, per se, but my days are filled with quirky word-related mishaps. (Usually, it’s something funny that the boys say, but not always!)

Case in point: the other day, my mom and I were in the car with the boys, and they started talking about various things they’d like to do when they grow up. The topic of visiting family for the holidays came up, and I joked that they can take their kids trick-or-treating just at each others’ houses and get a motherlode of candy; not to mention, I’ll never have to cook Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, because I can just go to their houses and let them cook for me! 😉

One of them said something to the effect of, “Mom – when we’re all grown up and working jobs, you won’t have to work anymore, because we’ll take care of you.” (I’ll pause while you “Awwww …”)

I said, “That’s nice, because if I don’t have to work, then I’ll just retire in Arugula!”

As soon as it came out, I realized what I’d said, yet no one but my mom understood the humor. She and I were laughing so hard, I was tearing up. The boys were confused, so I had to explain the difference between Arugula and Aruba.