We survived the first two days of school with flying colors! Kids were up on time, clothes had been picked out the night before, lunches were packed the night before, everything was ready, organized and running smooth. Did you catch the word was!
Blame it on being over-confident that we had this "morning routine" down to a science? Blame it on the fact that I worked a double shift on Thursday and came home too tired to get everything ready? Or blame it on "Somebody"..............?? "Somebody" left the coffee pot on causing a rough build-up on the bottom which cuts my finger as I try to get it quickly washed out since I hadn't gotten the coffee ready the night before. "Somebody" ate the french toast I had saved for Sean to have for breakfast (the boys don't like cornflakes which is all we have right now) "That's OK", I said to myself...........I'll whip up some bacon and eggs really quick! "Somebody" has misplaced my good frying pan! No problem, I'll use the electric skillet with the plug that doesn't stay in and the missing handle on one side.............let's keep piling up these petty annoyances! Hmmm.....seems Sean is having trouble deciding what to wear and I will have to intervene...."Somebody" has failed to get the laundry done and Sean has alread worn his two new pair of shorts............ AND we are out of lunch items! No problem, I'll give each boy $5.00 (lunches are expensive at middle and high school). I try to deal with this morning with a pounding headache and extreme gastrial issues (could it be the pizza I gobbled down the night before)? I get Sean to the bus on time, now to move on to Josh. Walking in the front door I am told "I didn't see the bacon and eggs", as Josh puts the last piece of pop tart in his mouth. OK..... He is also having trouble finding something to wear "Somebody" has misplaced several of his new school shirts." At this point, I have to get myself ready as well, so after helping Josh find something to wear, he is on his own. 30 minutes later we are walking out the front door, Josh runs back inside to get something. He returns with his toothbrush and a water bottle. He proceeds to brush his teeth as he walks to the car, rinses his mouth and his toothbrush off with the water bottle! I wonder what he had been doing for that 1/2 hour? Arriving to the bus stop I hear these unwelcome words "do you have $5.00?" "I gave you $5.00". "It's not in my shorts" he says as he is searching his pockets. I visualize Josh putting the $5.00 in his shorts pocket, but not the shorts he is wearing now, a pair he had tried on and discarded on the floor. I turn the car around and head back home, Josh runs in and gets $10.00 from Dad (I wonder if this was his plan to begin with) and I successfully get him back to the bus stop before the bus arrives.
I travel the 23 minutes to work listening to the ding...ding...ding...of my low fuel gauge. I'm running late now, I don't have time to stop for gas, surely I will not run out of gas..........that would just be the straw that broke the camel's back, the last straw, unacceptable and totally not an option..............
