are you kidding me??

i mean really, you've got to be joking. you can't be serious.

it's said that when you assume something you make an "ass" out of "u" and "me." i assume often. but then again, i don't think my husband is always very specific.

we had a rental car yesterday that we re-picked up (they didn't fix my car right so we got back the same rental car we just turned in). my husband says to me as he starts the car, "do i have to worry about gas in this thing?" i said "no." we go on our merry way.

both of our cars are done at the dealership today, so i go back to pick up my car (after the shuttle comes to pick up me and the youngest). i take a few extra moments and pay for his car so that all he has to do is drop off the rental and pick up the keys to his car and jet home. i leave him a voicemail to that effect.

this afternoon i shoot him an e-mail telling him that he has to fill the gas tank in the rental car to just below 1/2 tank before turning it in or they'll charge us $5 a gallon. just want to give you a heads up.

no sooner do i hit "send" and the phone rings. "i asked you that question yesterday." what?? "i said do i have to worry about gas and you said no." i don't remember you asking that question and me giving that response. he spelled out when it happened. and i said yeah, i thought you were asking me if you needed more gas to get to work tomorrow. i was telling you that you were fine.

dang if he wasn't pissed at 1) the inconvenience that he has to a) get gas in the car and b) guess how much it will take to put it just below the halfway point and 2) that i accepted a rental car that did not have a full gas tank and 3) that i did not tell him yesterday that he had to worry about gas in that thing.

are you kidding me??

i apologized for not understanding his question. although i pointed out that if he had been more specific in his question that i would have answered it differently.

but give me a break.

any thank you's out there for lining stuff up at the dealership so you just had to pick up your car?

anyone? anyone? are you there?

oh brother.