One morning, a man decides to cancel his son and daughter’s music lessons and take them out for the day to check in and see how they are. The three of them decide to drive to Petaluma for lunch to eat hamburgers at a place called Pete’s, which was formerly a gas station but now a place to eat. In the car, the two siblings argue back and forth, and their father asks if they know any jokes because he hasn’t laughed all day. His daughter attempts to tell a guillotine joke, but no one gets it.  At Pete’s, the man asks his kids if they miss their music lessons, and the girl asks if she can learn piano instead of the flute. Her brother reveals that she heard the stomach-breathing necessary for flute will increase her waist by two inches, and that is why she wants to switch. They begin to argue again, and the girl jokes that her father wanted a quiet day. When the food arrives, the man watches his two children eat unbelievably quickly.  His daughter later agrees to drive the three of them home, and for the first time, they are all quiet so she can focus. Upon arriving home, they gather sleeping bags and make a triangle formation in the master bedroom so they can all sleep together. Their father asks what they are thinking and then tells them he has good and bad news. He silently decides that his children are doing alright and reveals that there is actually no bad news.