I didn’t have to listen to AC/DC the entire drive
I don’t dislike AC/DC. The manic mouthiness is a little too raucous for early morning deer-watch drives. Absolutely, better suited to starting off a party right, then keeping you awake on a midnight swoop home.
On M-50, just outside of Tecumseh, Jeff nodded off.
Not unexpected, although that usually didn’t happen until Jackson. I made sure he was solidly snoozing, before I flipped the station, and commenced with a self-indulgent, quiet little country music sing-along.
Jeff shifted, sort of snorted, then settled down, again.
An hour and some later, at the end of the exit ramp in Lansing, I clicked the radio off, and nudged him. “Hey, wake-up,” I tickled his chin.
Jeff lifted his head as I turned the corner, checked his bearings, then turned to me and smiled. “I like listening to you sing,” he stated, sincerely.
The thing is – I can’t sing.
Evidence:
In 8th grade, it was strongly suggested choir might not be my best elective.
In summer theatre, I was given a silent part in Godspell – you know, a mime.
Admittedly, I endlessly played each new vinyl record (yep, I’m that old) over and over trying to perfect a lyrical breath or catch an unusual beat-part. At some point, my father would reach a breaking point and yell down the stairs for me to stop singing. I always did. Except, for that one time, I decided to hum along. He told me to stop humming, because that as off-key, too.
I can’t explain Jeff’s enthusiasm for my voice, but that’s the kind of thing love does to a person. He once compared my weird warble to the angelic lilt of Alison Krauss.
I told him he was horribly mistaken, but isn’t it sweet how love can taint your ears?
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