Thursday, February 26, 2009

Things You Do On A Thursday Morning

I really don't know how I ever was late for work or a meeting or anything prior to kids. You have so much time and are only responsible for yourself!!

This morning we woke up to snow.. again. They said it was coming, but I kind of dismissed it. Probably because there was no crazy 'STORMWATCHSNOW HYSTERIA 2009' with fun graphics on the news that usually gets everyone all amped up. Well maybe there was and I just missed it.

So now that it's snowing that means I have to send my kids properly equipped, i.e. gloves, hats and boots. So here is where procrastination does NOT pay off. The last time Kate wore her boots she stepped in dog poop (and then got it all over Jeff's car, which he somehow totally missed?) Did I proactively clean off the offending boot? No, I left it in the slop sink in the garage to be taken care of another day. Today is another day.

So after making pancakes with chocolate chips, getting out the lunch box, the books and laying out clothes and shoes for the day, I find my self hunched over in the garage with the one rubber glove I can find, some 409 and a screw driver...... scraping dog poop out of the crevices of one purple boot. All before coffee.

That's just before we even start the day! I'm assuming it can pretty much only get better from here.... and anyone else ever try to convince your kids it's 'cool' to have two different gloves?? Yeah, my 5 y.o. wasn't buying it either.