I think I had an inappropriate moment with a zoo guy.
I took the kids to the zoo and was waiting for them to run back to me from the exhibit I had walked away from.
I watched one of the zoo staff members ask a family to start heading out because the zoo was closing and as they packed their stuff together I stayed put.
Still waiting for my kids.
Suddenly the wolves began howling and I moved toward the path that overlooked their exhibit. The howling was loud and eerie and lovely.
The zoo guy came over to me and I anticipated he was getting ready to tell me I had to head for the exits like that other family, but instead he stood next to me.
He was all, “typically they howl like this when they hear some type of emergency vehicle in the distance.”
Trying to impress me with his knowledge. And I was all, “Oh really? That’s cool.”
And he was all, “Yeah, they must have heard something.”
And I was all, “That’s great.”
And then we stood there together in silence, listening to the wolves howl. It was a very romantic date.
He raised his eyebrow and was all, “You waiting for your kids?” and I raised my eyebrow back and was all “Yes, we’ll head out as soon they finish up.”
And he was all, “No rush if you guys want to stay awhile.” and I was all “Excuse me sir I am MARRIED!” because obviously he was ready to take our date to the next level and I do NOT move to second base that easily.
I’m not going to tell Pat about my date listening to wolves with the zoo guy because I don’t want him to get jealous, but I think I handled it as well as can be expected.