Sir Mike fights off the fire breathing dragon

This afternoon, I was sitting at the kitchen table working on some school stuff when Cody walked in the room. He looked completely normal like nothing out of the ordinary had happened. A few minutes later, someone knocked on the front door. I could see from the kitchen that it was a woman and she looked really angry. Scary angry! Now in my defense, I usually ask Mike to answer the front door anyway because he is heartless and effective at chasing away obnoxious salesmen. Except for Girl Scouts, but that is another story. He once bought a whole case of thin mint cookies.

So anyway, I threw my husband under the bus and asked him to get the door. I didn't even warn him. As soon as he opened the glass door, she SCREAMED, "DO YOU HAVE A SON WHO IS WEARING A BLACK SHIRT?" Mike begins looking around the house cluelessly to see if he does indeed have son wearing a black shirt. Cody who is now sitting at the table with me waves sheepishly at the woman. She continues telling Mike that she drives a car that weighs 3000-4000 pounds but she can't quite seem to remember what kind of car it is. Finally she gets the word Pontiac out and finally gets to the point of telling us that Cody had run into the street and she nearly hit him. She continued, "I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THESE KIDS FOR YEARS AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE STREET. I COULD HAVE KILLED HIM!" Mike is looking helpless and keeps apologizing while those of us safely hidden in the kitchen are giggling. Finally she storms off. It was too funny as she was totally out of control.

Now in her defense, I know she was scared to death and her anger was really fear. I hit a boy about Cody's age with a Suburban once and it was the most frightening thing I ever experienced. Thankfully, he was fine and yes, I was hysterical too. Still, it was funny listening to her rant and watching Mike squirm, while Cody sits completely calm in the kitchen. When Mike got back in the kitchen, Cody admitted that he had run out in front of her a few minutes ago. I guess she was sitting in her car trying to calm down. Good thing she calmed down, she might have killed us all. Wow!