road trip

When we go to swimming class at SUNY Purchase, there are a couple of "speedbumps" on the way across campus. Basically they're cobblestone crosswalks that cross the road, causing you to bounce crazily over them, and forcing you to slow down if you haven't already.

Kate used to go to swimming there, and I think she was the first one to get a kick out of going over them. "Bouncy road!" she'd say. Then Jack started noticing it, too. And then once when I went out there with both of them, Kate said, "Are we going over the bouncy road?" And then she turned to Jack and said, "We're going over the bouncy road, Jack!" As we went over, they both laughed.

So NOW when we go over, I've started setting the stage first. Well, looks like there's no bouncy road anymore, I announce...right before we go over, and we all bounce around and laugh. And then after that, it becomes, well, I guess there was just that one....Whoa! And we bounce over the next one, and everyone laughs again.

Jack took the lead on the joke today. We're driving across campus, and Jack says, "Well, there's not a bouncy road anymore. It's too bad....AAAAAAAAA!" And I'm watching him in the rear-view mirror, and he's got a big grin on his face as he's starting the joke, and then laughing like a maniac when we go over.

I chip in with, well, I guess there's just that one, and Jack adds, "Yep, there are no more bouncy road, they've fixed the rest of them." And then we hit the next one, and I see Jack just in hysterics over his joke, and my joke, and going over the bouncy road again.

It's almost better than the actual swimming class now. But not quite.