Yellow Jumpsuit - Common Sense 2

    Mention has been made of my reputation for unusual logic, more familiarly known as my lack of common sense. I actually do remember an example of this myself from my toddler years.

    It was a summer's day, and I was probably about two years old. Mom liked to watch two soap operas on tv on weekdays – Search for Tomorrow and Guiding Light – they were each on for 15 minutes back to back. I remember that the soaps were about to come on, and Mom saw the sun shining and told me to go out and play. Back in those days, it was okay to issue that command - “it's a nice day, go out and play!” I never wanted to go out and play – I especially did not want to on that day – I remember what I was feeling – I wanted to watch the shows with Mom, inside, out of the sun, with somebody.

go outside and play!

    But I had to be obedient. So I went outside. I stood in the driveway for a while, and I could kind of hear the tv inside. Instead of trying to entertain myself outside, I just felt sorry for myself. And then I realized that I had to go to the bathroom.

    I walked up to the screen door. I looked inside, and listened, and tried to muster the courage to tell Mom I had to use the bathroom. But I was afraid she would be mad. She had told me to stay out until the shows were over. Which would be worse – bugging her that I had to go to the bathroom and her being annoyed and maybe not believing me? Or staying outside and risk wetting my pants?

    I opted not to bother her. Next thing I remember, I was in the house and Mom was taking my yellow jumpsuit off of me – I always liked that yellow jumpsuit – and she was looking me in the eye, “Why didn't you tell me you had to use the bathroom? It's not like you to wet your pants!”

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