the onion
Today I asked my husband to buy an onion.
Ali: Where should I get the onion from?
Me: The cart guy on the corner sells onions.
Ali: It’s raining, do you think he’s out there?
Me: He was there earlier, when I came back from work.
Ali: Can I get the onion from Duane Reade?
Me: Why would you get the onion from Duane Reade? Do they even sell onions? Can you not walk 5 steps to the cart guy?
Ali: What kind of onion? White or red?
Me: Get a yellow onion.
Ali: YELLOW? They sell YELLOW onions?
Me: I REFUSE to answer any more questions about this. Just don’t come back without an onion.
Guess what?
- Ali came back with a bag of 7 onions.
- They are all white.
- He also came back with the bag of 7 onions in ANOTHER plastic bag, which is just excellent for the environment.
- The bag was totally wet from the rain so it’s not reusable.
So now I have 7 onions, a plastic bag that can’t be reused, and my blood pressure just shot up 15 points.
In conclusion, my husband has a problem following instructions and I have a problem micromanaging. And now we have enough onions to last us the next month.
While I'm not going to win Mother/Wife of the Year Award anytime soon, I haven't killed anyone yet or shot myself in the head. And that, my friends, is how I calculate success these days. 
FANCY THAT FANCY THIS 
Classic. Have missed your posts!
Thank you for reading my dear friend!
This is 100% Ali behavior and I’m so glad you popped on your blog to share it with us. Hope you are doing well. Still thinking about coming to visit NYC in October. ❤
I’m here in October! I hope you do visit!!
You’re back! More please 🙂
Thanks Shu!! Hoping I can be better about setting aside time for this…
bahahaha this cracked me up. I see things haven’t changed haha ( i was “iwasntbloggedyesterday” HOPE YOU GUYS ARE WELL. I lost my account details and cant get back in as i signed up with a defunct email address 😦
Thank you for the nice comment B!
Oh Gosh.. this is hilarious! So glad you are back. I was starting to think that perhaps Maya and Ali had stopped providing fodder for the blog. Lol..
I don’t think that’ll EVER happen!!
Glad to read a post from you, and of course, it’s a hilarious one at that 🙂 “They sell YELLOW onions?” – haha! Love it!
Thank you Jolene…so nice of you to leave a comment!
As usual, I half-side/feel sympathy for Ali! I would do much the same (and usually do…)
Just popped by to check if there are any new posts… will read some of the old ones for a chuckle!
Take care.
Such a nice comment Meg! Thank you. I haven’t posted in a while..trying to find inspiration I guess??
I miss your posts, they were so fun! I wish you write regularly again. Tell me you are working on your book 😀
You’re very kind! Work has been taking up ALL of my time, so I haven’t been able to come up with any sarcasm lately…. 😊