One Year Ago - The Christmas Music Cure

 I saw this post on my FB memories.  One year ago today we were headed to the dentist, and I solved a problem.  I'm still pretty impressed with myself.  That was a good day.

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Yesterday I was driving the beasts - *AHEM* I mean...

Yesterday I was driving with my darling sons to a dental appointment. They were being ridiculously loud. My ears were hurting from the noise. Asking them to "cool it" wasn't working.

So I put on choral/classical Christmas music and cranked it. Louder and louder and louder. Until they were begging me to turn it down because it was too loud, but at least I could hear the voices over the noise from the back seat. I hummed happily with the tune and offered to turn it down if they got quiet.

The boys shouted and complained.

I enjoyed my music. I calmly smiled.

The boys shouted more.

I turned it up even more.

A couple of brain cells fired in the back seat and they got quiet.

I turned it down a bit. Then a bit more.

The boys got louder.

I cranked it back up.

They insisted I needed to turn it down.

They complained and shouted at me.

I was accused of torturing them.

I ignored it all. Christmas music is great.

Ryan started shouting at Colin that he needed to SHUT UP.

Colin quieted.

I turned it down a bit, then more.

SILENCE from the back seat.

The music was returned to a sane level, and the car stayed calm with normal levels of conversation for the rest of the ride.