The Tao of Annais (Rhymes with "The Tao of Niece")

A-L: You should drive up to visit me in San Francisco sometime. It's only a 10-hour drive from Coachella (aka The Surface of the Sun).

Sister Maria: That sounds perfect for the girls. There's nothing five- and three-year-olds like more than being confined to car seats for 10 hours.

A-L: Is it really bad?

Sister Maria: Hey, Annais, tell A-L how much you like the drive to Northern California.

Annais: What?

Sister Maria: Tell her about the drive up north, how fun it was.

Annais: The drive was ... (insert dramatic three-year-old pause) ... the plane.

A-L: Does she work for Southwest Airlines? Or is she Yoda?

Sister Maria: Both.