4tunate Cookies

Apparently the drive-thu worker at Panda Express must read our blog or somehow knows we have quadruplets….

Brad and I have been taking the boys on a “date” with us in the van about once a week to escape the walls of isolation! =) It entails bundling up the boys, loading the boys in the van, driving through a drive thru, and scarfing it down in the parking lot (while the boys get impatient and sometimes quite angry). Sounds like a romantic date, huh? What else can you do in Indiana in 12 degree weather during RSV season with four babies????? It’s actually become something I really look forward to….

So after loading the van, we head to Panda Express for Orange Chicken and here’s the drive thru dialogue:

Brad: Uh, could we have another fortune cookie? (We get share an order to save cash, plus they give you a ton of food! So I wanted my OWN fortune cookie)

Lee*:How many?

Brad: Just one.


Brad gives back bag to Lee* and after a somewhat long delay hands the bag back to Brad

Lee*: There you go, sir. One extra fortune cookie. Have a nice day.

(Said with the smallest of smirks on his face)

*Name changed to protect the guilty (and save his job!)

I opened the bag as we pulled away to find it FULL of fortune cookies. I felt like we won the lottery!

I know we don’t get out much and I probably find this story more hillarious and entertaining than most of you, but we were rolling! I wanted to go hug my new friend Lee*, but he seemed pretty busy and it would be kind of complicated to hug a guy through a little drive thru window. Thanks, Lee*, for inspiring this blog post, for the weekend snacks and the enjoyment of reading mindless fortunes aloud.

(Check back soon – I promise to update you on all the fun, crazy times around here….)