Unsolicited Tea

A package was delivered to our front door with instructions to STOP and call a phone number before opening the package. Is it a secret government weapon that only Tim could assemble? Or something equally Mission Impossible-esque? The package gave no indications to it’s contents other than telling us our “Wu-Yi System” was inside. Great, but who has time for video games?




My natural paranoia led me to the Internet rather than calling that phone number listed. It turns out the Wu-Yi system isn’t a government weapon or a game console. It’s diet tea and pills. If the Internet is to be believed, this is some kind of scam. So I have to watch my credit card for weird charges. *sigh* Why couldn’t I be victim to the scam where they send you tons of unsolicited ice cream? Or unsolicited kittens?

As is tradition, we went to Long John Silver’s for mom’s birthday. We actually do this with both mom’s birthday and Tim’s birthday because they both like fillet-o-grease so much. The one we go to is actually a Taco Bell/Long John Silver combo. What kind of combo is that? I took the liberty of coming up with an appropriate mascot:



“Yo quiero pescado fritos.”

(Which I think translates to “I have clogged arteries” but it’s been a long time since high school espanolish.)

Whenever Alexander sees Dad (aka grandpa) he expects him to do something hilarious. He sometimes even just starts laughing at the sight of his grandpa, which can't be good for Terry's self-esteem. Throughout the Senor Silvers experience, Alexander just stared at dad, just knowing that a punchline would be coming at any moment.



Wait for it.... wait for it...


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