The Irresistible Urge TO KNOW

We were at the mall on saturday and Cooper and I took a break and sat on the ledge surrounding the fountain. We occupied our time by counting the endless streams of teenagers who paraded by in skinny jeans and gladiator sandals. Sometimes together, sometimes as stand alone, never as a good choice. Cooper soon grew bored of this.

I got some of his matchbox cars out and we played with them on the ledge. I kept cautioning him, "don't throw them in the fountain" to which he would cock his head, move the car a little closer to the edge and say "brrmmm brrmmm water?" Again I would shake my head and say, "no, do not throw your brrmmm brrmmm in the water or it'll be gone".

I could tell in his eyes that nothing would delight him more than if he did in fact throw at least one brrmmm brrmmm in the water. (Except maybe if he found out that all the skinny jeans in the whole world were in simultaneously catch on fire, never to be re-created again). Cooper showed great will power in the fact that he didn't act on his impulses. And God love the kid, he comes by his quirky "NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW" attitude honest. He may have gotten Craig's good looks, Craig's funny personality, but by goodness he got the CURIOUSNESS from me.

I have never walked past a "wet paint" sign that I didn't feel the need to literally touch the wall and see if it was ACTUALLY wet.

Sometimes from high places I grip the railing and have an overwhelming urge to see exactly what would happen if I flung myself off.

Every cruise ship I've ever been on his resulted in my at some point leaning way over the side and wondering "would I make it if I fell off now?...what about now?....now?..."

There's a soap dispenser in the bathroom at work that always has a glob of soap that oozes from the top. I touch it EVERY SINGLE TIME. (This may be more OCD, I'm not sure).

The point is if someone says "don't" or if it's just one of the those unwritten rules, like "don't fling yourself from tall buildings" I still wonder "why?" and "what if"...

So for now the brrmmm brrmmms are safe from the fountain but as for the gladiator sandals, I hope they meet their demise soon.