The World Series

Game seven of the World Series was on the other night. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that I am not a “sports person”. I don’t follow any teams (except the ones my kid plays on). I’m not a fan, a follower or an interested party.

But even I recognize the significance of the Cubs being in the World Series, and game seven at that. This was a historical event for the city of Chicago.

One the goals that families in this exchange program are encouraged to strive for is to give students American opportunities. Millions of people can’t be wrong, so we tuned into the game, ready to watch history in the making, and share that experience with Bill.

We explained this to him, who I have mentioned, is an obsessive basketball person, so he likes sports.  He said he’d like to watch with us.

However, he got side tracked.

He had purchased a small bunch of bok choy that day, which he wanted to eat for breakfast the next morning. After watching the game for three minutes, he decided that was the moment he needed to start worrying about his bok choy preparation.

Should he wash it? Maybe it should be soaked? Did he chop it, or just cut it into pieces?  If he cut it, should he throw the ends away, and if so, exactly how many inches of the ends should be tossed, and how long should each piece be? He involved my husband in this conversation. Apparently my terse suggestion to just wash off the dirt and throw it in a bag was not helpful.

He decided to soak it in a large bowl.  After pondering the contents of said bowl for several minutes, he then he excused himself to go upstairs and call him family.

Thirty minutes later, he came back downstairs to say that after consulting with his family in China about the bok choy, soaking it wasn’t the proper way to handle it. He needed to dry each piece individually, and arrange them carefully, standing up in the bowl.

He spent another ten minutes working on the bok choy. By then, he was tired and went to his room to rest. He had lost interest in the World Series.

No one in the history of humanity has ever carried on such an in-depth conversation and analysis of bok choy.   Ever.

ps. The Cubs won.