Delay Tactics

"Please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"Please?"
"Stop asking."
"Please?"
"No!"
"Please?"
"Get in bed, NOW."
"Okay."

Three guesses who kept saying please, and the first two don't count.

For a man who's unemployed, the husband sure is busy. He's had meetings every night this week about the volunteer organization he's involved with. He'll be gone tomorrow night, too. Friday night, though, he gets to put the toddler to bed and put up with the endless pleas for just one more thing. She's gotten amazingly good at finding new ways to try to put off bedtime.

We found out today what the unemployment will be. If I disappear all of a sudden it's because we've decided we can't afford internet access anymore. Although I hope it doesn't come to that.