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."
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"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability." Ron White
"So let me get this straight. You want me to kill the little guys, kill the big guys, crowd control those I can't, buff the team, debuff the boss, keep myself alive, AND keep you alive, all while waving a stick and dressed in a towel?" - Anonymous Role Playing Gamer
"I think that statue over there is a statement on modern life. The statement is, "Well, shit." - Varric, Dragon Age II
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"Last night, I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and thought to myself, "Where the heck is the ceiling?" - Dilbert
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"It is only when you fall that you learn whether you can fly." - Flemeth, aka The Witch of the Wilds, Dragon Age 2
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"I aim to misbehave." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." - Albert Einstein
“If you think you can or think you cannot, you are correct.” - Henry Ford
4 comments:
Oh my Giddy Aunt...you're a saint. I'd've been on the news.
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. =)
eBay doesn't list children anymore. You have to do Craig's List these days.
Oh, right; thanks for the tip. :D
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