He looked at me mischeviously.
"So, last night I couldn't sleep," he said.
I bit. "Oh? That's what you get for eating so much last night at dinner."
"Yeah," he conceded. That was odd. He usually never admitted to eating too much.
He continued. "I woke up at 3pm and couldn't get back to sleep."
"What did you do?"
"500 jumping jacks. It didn't help, but I felt great." He avoided my gaze then turned quickly to look at me, grinning widely. His eyes twinkled. It was a challenge.
"All at once?" I countered.
Ten minutes later, I was furiously jumping up and down, flailing my arms up and down to freezepop.
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At this point, he noticed what I was doing and joined in. We faced each other across the room. I sped up. He matched me. I slowed down. He sped up. I tried not to giggle.
Finally, I put on a final burst of speed. He fell behind. Finally, he tired.
I went on.
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Yay!
wheeze, sit down
I love my dad.
I suppose I should go shower now.