Business phone is working
Internet is too slow to send emails
Talk to phone/internet company for the second time in a week
My kid takes advantage of my inattention to make plaster molds
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| Gage with the plaster mold he made for his much-loved Dad |
Neighbor kids show up
Neighbor kids are thirsty
There is no kool-aid
Because you drank it all last week, that's why
There is sweet tea with caffeine (hehe)
I have the beginnings of a summer cold
I am slowly losing my voice
My kid and neighbors kids are hungry
Cook french fries
Stoves catches on fire because I am clumsy and spill oil
Hunt for fire extinguisher while flames ruin good pan lid
Wow, what a big fire - yes, I know, everyone go outside - Now!
Destroy cooked food with extinguisher foam
Three kids run around with their shirts over their noses
The smoke alarm works like it should
Cut up more potatoes
Cut off end of my finger with the chopper
Clean up and bandage and start over
End up with edible french fries
Find out all kids have eaten pop tarts and aren't really hungry anymore
Start to clean up kitchen
No, we are not going to print out pictures of Mustang cars today
Because the internet won't work, that's why
Get the dog out of the house, now
Yes, you can take the saddle off of the horse and put it on the camel
If I hear cap guns one more time everyone is headed for major discipline
All the tea is gone
Finally close all the doors and windows because the smoke has cleared
Realize I have eaten all the french fries because I was stressed
Neighbor kids are going home
My kid begs them to stay
Sit down long enough to hold my head
My finger is cut way worse than I realized
The house looks like a bomb has gone off right in the middle
There is a sleeve of stepped-on saltine crackers on the floor
Started to clean toilet with blue cleaner and got distracted
Why is the toilet water green - never mind, just flush it
There are no clean towels
But the dryer does contain clean underwear
Break out into weird dance that only other moms can understand
I don't remember my real name
The only sound I answer to is 'Mom' and 'Aunt'
Trying to remember a college class that makes me act that way
Think that conditioning process came from a guy named Pavlov who had a dog...wonder if he had a kid?
But I do have the presence of mind to remember that it is Monday and the rest of the week is ahead
My kid declares he sure has had a fun day
Can't really say it's been fun, but I sure have had a day
And the best I can figure out - this is the kind of day I am supposed to find joyous
And joyous it is; because under all the rubble called life, I am redeemed
And that is the most wonderful thing of all
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations...
James 1:2 KJV
