WE MADE IT!!! Feel exhilarated. Or is that light-headed? Slightly shaky? I'm sure it’s fine.
The tribe organized to challenge my authority and impede our exit this morning. One native threw a tantrum on the bathroom floor. One native dumped a milky cereal bowl upside-down on top of his head. One native threatened to step on me and make me dead.
But I prevailed! Checked my wristwatch at 7:45am. Right on schedule! I called all natives to put on shoes and coats. Then looked at the hall clock and saw that it was actually 7:55am. Somehow my watch had been set back 10 minutes since yesterday! SABOTAGE!!! There must be other inhabitants on this island. (If there are, I wish they would step forward and help out! Kind of understand why they wouldn’t, though.)
Still made school drop-off and eye doctor appointment on time! Grateful to have an optometrist who is also a mom friend. While she may not have appreciated the medium natives removing the rubber grippers from the back of her exam chair, she was at least not surprised.
Off to put Small Native to nap, and then maybe it is time to pull out a video. I have always scoffed at the children’s DVDs that come with the “autoplay” feature (when you put in the DVD, it automatically starts playing all previews followed by main show, and then plays on a continuous loop for eternity). I have always smugly thought, “Where are the parents of these children sitting in front of autoplay?” Now I know…the parents are stranded on an island, with no hope of rescue, and autoplay is the only way to save the natives' lives…
The tribe organized to challenge my authority and impede our exit this morning. One native threw a tantrum on the bathroom floor. One native dumped a milky cereal bowl upside-down on top of his head. One native threatened to step on me and make me dead.
But I prevailed! Checked my wristwatch at 7:45am. Right on schedule! I called all natives to put on shoes and coats. Then looked at the hall clock and saw that it was actually 7:55am. Somehow my watch had been set back 10 minutes since yesterday! SABOTAGE!!! There must be other inhabitants on this island. (If there are, I wish they would step forward and help out! Kind of understand why they wouldn’t, though.)
Still made school drop-off and eye doctor appointment on time! Grateful to have an optometrist who is also a mom friend. While she may not have appreciated the medium natives removing the rubber grippers from the back of her exam chair, she was at least not surprised.
Off to put Small Native to nap, and then maybe it is time to pull out a video. I have always scoffed at the children’s DVDs that come with the “autoplay” feature (when you put in the DVD, it automatically starts playing all previews followed by main show, and then plays on a continuous loop for eternity). I have always smugly thought, “Where are the parents of these children sitting in front of autoplay?” Now I know…the parents are stranded on an island, with no hope of rescue, and autoplay is the only way to save the natives' lives…
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