I was surfing through some Vintage Random Thoughts circa 2010 and I came across this little gem that totally and completely validates my previous post.
Other than the fact that I gave up most things wheat including those damn Cheez Its that I still miss, I've had a few days that are pretty special like this one. Proving that dreams really do come true.
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I Have a Dream -
This
week has been dark and cloudy with a chance of temper tantrum and
tears. Not sure if it's the full moon or my overly full schedule but
geez.
Monday was the first day of school for the girl
so that alone requires days of planning and prep. I took her to school
to get my healthy dose of "stupid practices that waste money" early
because I'd missed it all summer.
On Tuesday morning I
found the girl's favorite cat dead on the porch just as I was getting
her ready for school. I hid that from her until she got home from
school. Then we spent the evening painting tombstone rocks.
On
Wednesday, Mother Hubbard's cupboard was so bare the girl was seen
eating an ice cream cone with no ice cream for an after school snack.
She also told me at 6:29 that the parent night at school was starting in
one minute. I poured a glass of wine and toasted to those great parents
that probably read the flyer on Monday and were neatly perched in their
metal folding chairs.
At 8pm the girl stubbed her toe
so bad while getting into the shower, she'll likely lose that toe nail.
Of course when I told her that, she began sobbing wrapped in a towel in
the living room which sent her into an hysterical fit of nakedness on
the family room floor. I did what every good mother does, I started to
cry too and told her to just get in the damned shower and we'd deal with
it later.
Thursday morning was a frantic dash to get
haircuts for Dude and I. Of course, I was on a conference call until 10
minutes past the time we were supposed to leave. We jump in the car and
half way there I run down the list of what I told Dude to do before we
left. Brush teeth, eat breakfast, take your medicine. He was 0 for 3. So
I took the green toothed kid talking 400 mph to get his mullet cut. At
least he was wearing pants and shoes.
The girl comes
home from school today and says, "The teacher sent home about 40 pages
for you to fill out since you missed the meeting." Nice. (Insert what
I'm thinking here ^&*^##)
Here it is Thursday
night so I decided to live out of my imagination instead of my reality.
That's the kind of stuff I get paid to teach, by the way.
In my imagination, I have a dream....
I
dream of a day that I wake up alone, in a house with clean sheets,
where outside it is 65 degrees with low humidity. I pull on my running
shoes and a cute little running outfit and head out to meet the girls
for a nice long run.
I celebrate my running greatness
with a frothy little number from 'fourbucks' where I head out with my
trendy green logo wrapped in cardboard. I go in search of a little Asian
girl that has a perfect chair that vibrates my cares away while I read
the latest about JLo and Heidi Montag's surgical woes and hope not to
get gang green from my bargain pedicure.
I stop at the
grocery and pick up all the necessities for the night, Cheez Its, wine,
and anything and everything else that catches my eye and can be wrapped
in bread or dipped in sauce.
I arrive at my Pet Hair
Palace to find that the Pet Hair Fairy has come and swept away all the
Pet Hair to knit sweaters for the homeless.
I take a
long bubble bath with wine and more mags and then migrate to the couch
for dining and entertainment. I crack open the Cheez Its and flip on the
tube to watch David Bromsted's biceps color Miami, and to realize that
Sarah actually is coming to my House to do the guest bath downstairs. (All HGTV references BTW)
With
the wine half gone, I turn the channel to find that I miraculously have
been blessed by the satellite gods to have every channel known to
surfing. I even have those channels with Project Runway and Real
Housewives with fake boobs and fake hair and BOTH are marathons for the
next 10 hours. I scoop the ice cream to celebrate this greatness and
tweet it to my tribe.
I watch three hours past the time I have to hold my eyelids open because I don't want this moment to end.
I
wake up to find my family back at home, messing up the house and
complaining that I ate all the Cheez Its. I smile ready to face the day,
rested and rejuvenated and ready to love all of their unlovableness.
Ahh, what a beautiful dream.
