Thursday, July 10, 2008

A Day In The Life

8 a.m. : "MOOOOM! One of the cats snagged a meatball from last night, and there's pasta sauce all over the carpet! EWWW!"

8:10 a.m.: "MOOOM! Do you have to run the Bissel now?"

8:30 a.m.: "MOOOOM! Are you done yet? I'm hungry."

8:45 a.m.: "MOOOOM! I found a spot you missed!"

9:00 a.m.: "MOOOOM! The sofa's wet? Why'd you shampoo that?"

9:30 a.m.: "MOOOOOM! He won't let me play video games! Yeah, there are four other TV's, but my game's hooked up to this one!"

9:45 a.m.: Mom finally gets breakfast after informing children that if she doesn't get five minutes of peace she'll list them on Ebay.

9:55 a.m.: "MOOOOM! He banged my head!"

10:00 a.m.: "MOOOOM! Can I have a snack?"

10:15 a.m.: "MOOOOM! He ate my snack!"

10:30 a.m.: Mom is wishing she had a Xanax.

11:30 a.m.: Little one is playing battering ram on Mommy's belly while older one explains the wonders of DigiMon.

11:45 a.m.: "MOOOOM! I can't get Cartoon Network on my computer!"

12:00 p.m.: "MOOOOM! Where's my sound?" Mom puts headphones on child's head. "Oh. THANK YOU!"

12: 15 p.m.: Inform chat friend and beta reader that if Mom is seen on the evening news not to be too surprised.

12: 30 p.m.: "MOOOOM! I defeated a Huge BOSS in my video game? Wanna hear all about it?"

12:45 p.m.: "MOOOM! The dog has to go out!"

1:00 p.m.: "Honey, aren't you supposed to be done work for the day? What? What did I say? And why are you growling? Oh, and when are you making lunch? I'm hungry."

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my Giddy Aunt...you're a saint. I'd've been on the news.

Dana Marie Bell said...

Dusty once said, "It can't be as bad as you're making out!"

So I timed it one day, while he was there. The longest interval for THAT day? Five minutes.

Now that he telecommutes he's learned an important lesson: he works in the basement where the kids won't find him. =)

Unknown said...

eBay doesn't list children anymore. You have to do Craig's List these days.

Dana Marie Bell said...

Oh, right; thanks for the tip. :D

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