Sleep? Bah!
Twas the night before going back to school and all through the house
Creatures were stirring sleeplessly… including the mouse (gerbil).
We have dusted off the notebooks, found all the important pencils and pens required for school, collected fresh clothes, checked the lunchroom account balance…. and tomorrow it’s back to school. I also unearthed a couple of “important” papers that may prove to be evidence at the upcoming parent-teacher conference I decided I need to schedule upon finding those pieces of paper. Say no more.
We had such a wonderful time this break, that I am all wistful and Edwardian about returning to routine, despite those pieces of paper. My floaty feeling of timelessness crashed down around my ears this morning when I realized that the far far off convention starts WEDNESDAY, and I must be in full professional drag for that. ACK! Plus I have several meetings and errands to do on Monday and Tuesday, so I’m back to work myself.
And darn it, there were no magical transformations this holiday season — no birds singing and little mousies making me wonderful new ball gowns, no shedding of 16 lbs, no 12 carat diamond rings. It’s just me against the clock and a Monday morning. Tomorrow.
That sound? That’s the clock ticking and the teenager pouting restlessly. They sound very similar. That sound tomorrow around 7:10? That will be me, alternately threatening and cajoling to get the lad out of bed. And by 10am, the sound you hear will either be OMMMMMMMM or “you have the right to remain silent” … because I will probably kill someone if I don’t get to my yoga class.
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