From A to B

You might be surprised how long it takes to get from Point A to Point B. It is a running joke between me and my wife that between the living room and the bedroom at the end of the night, or from any starting point in the house to any destination point in the house for that matter, she must clean the house along the way. I've never seen anyone take so many detours on her way to do something in order to pick up something here, put away something there, straighten something else, or pick up a bunch of things only to set them all down and clean something, all before arriving at Point B. Of course, I would never do such a thing, but that is because at work I can manage my own schedule for the most part and be an A-to-B kind of person. Tonight I realized that I cannot maintain the A-to-B focus at home either. My wife went to do the grocery shopping while I got the kids into bed. I noticed that in an attempt to save time--I don't know whether it really did--I always made little stops along the way to do exactly what I tease my wife about doing. Incidentally, because of our tendency to do that at home, our son has been known to say, "I don't see you coming!"--a technique I'm sure he picked up from us--when we respond to his call by saying "Coming!" Apparently he too knows that we cannot walk in a straight line from Point A to Point B at home.