Stupid Chicken

When JM and I first got married I can remember driving up the coast with him listening to this song, a Beautiful Day by U2. We were in the (not so jacked up) Jetta.  The sunroof was open and life was simple.  There are times in life when JM just amazes me.  These last few years there have been a lot of those moments. 

He has a heart that wants to serve.  Serve God, his family and his community.  Last night I felt so blessed, at the end of it all, he smiled at me and then said "stupid chicken!" I laughed. 

See earlier that day I called him and told him that I thought that there was a dead animal in our attic.  Oh the dreadful dead animal in the attic or anywhere in our house for that matter.  But when I called he thought I was telling him to come home right away because there was a dead animal in our house.  As if I was standing on top of the kitchen counter in a panic because I was afraid or something.  Really? No, Really! I know I can throw a crazy Hispanic Panic every once in a while but, really? So after I got ticked at him for even thinking that I just hung up the phone and openned the windows to air the house out again.

He got home, put his jumpsuit on and walked through the kitchen where I was making dinner with the ladder. Then CMR came into the kitchen and asked me for a trash bag.  He crawled around the attic and it sounded like he was going to come crashing down from the there.  He looked and looked and went through every part of that place he could looking for that dead animal.  Nothing! He came down we cleaned up the floor and he took a shower and we sat down to eat dinner. 

"I can smell it" he said.  So he went through every cupboard, looked on top of the cupboards, took the dishwasher out (which I cleaned), took the stove out, took the frig out (which I cleaned), checked the garbage disposal, looked in the fireplace walls, looked in the garage walls, looked in the extra room ledge, looked on top of the roof. Nothing!

So we put the kids to bed, shut everything and left the kitchen, which by the way is super clean now! About 30 minutes later he was back in the kitchen looking. He said "well we are probably going to have to take that wall out." I was standing in front of the stove and I happened to glance at the microwave and there it was.  A chicken breast I had put into the microwave to thaw out on SUNDAY! It had been "thawing" in the microwave for 3 days! Chicken! I took it out and as JM was walking the trash outside he turned with that face and said "well it IS a dead animal." That is was.  I had felt so bad that he had done all that work and i just could not help but also laugh.  He did not think it was as funny as I did of course.

So JM, it was indeed a dead animal.  Thankful for you and all you do to serve our family.  You truly are the best and sorry for sending you on the hunt! Love you always.  It was still a Beautiful Day!