Keeping Hydrated

[Pitter-patter]

I hear someone moving around.

“Where you going?” I ask my daughter.

“Getting a soda.”

The doppler effect apparently works as an eight year old flies by my office, heading into the laundry room.

“You should be drinking water.” I add, doing my diligent parent routine on a summer Friday morning.

“I know” comes back as I hear the garage door close, then open again, accompanied by more pitter patter.

I walk over to see her with a can if ginger ale by the iMac, watching her “Charlie the Lonesome Couger” movie. We got that recently and she loves it. I think she’s watched it 4 times in two days.

That’s kind of cool to me. That soundtrack and narration bring back memories of the Wonderful World of Walt Disney, which I used to watch as a kid on Sunday nights. One of the few times that I got to see a movie on TV when I was a kid. So few of them on.

I did manage to get her to drink a glass of orange juice this morning, so it’s not a total loss.