(showering)

Little Miss Thing, age 7: “Dad, when are we leaving? I want to leave right now.”

Me: “Soon.”

LMT: “How soon? I want to see if they have the balloon animals. They might run out.”

Me: “As soon as I’m done with my shower and I get dressed. So about four minutes.”

LMT, yelling down hallway: “He says four minutes, so that means about four hours.”

Me: …