What my
days off are like
(‘Laura Joffe Numeroff-Style’)………
If you
give a mom a Mountain Dew, she’s
going to make a to-do list.
When she makes
the to-do list, she’ll
think she’s going to have a productive day.
She’ll
head to her first project in the basement to get started.
When she
gets to the basement she’ll see the freezer and remember she needs to thaw
something for supper. So she’ll take out
some chicken and head back up to the kitchen.
When she
gets to the kitchen, she’ll set the chicken down on the counter and realize she
ought to clean the dirty dishes.
After
loading the dishwasher, and washing the remaining dishes, she’ll remember a cup
she left upstairs and go to retrieve it.
When she
gets the cup she’ll notice she hasn’t made the bed yet.
She’ll
make the bed and take the dirty laundry to the laundry chute.
Putting
the laundry down the chute in the bathroom will remind her that she needs to
put more toilet paper in the downstairs bathroom.
On her
way to the bathroom she’ll pass the laundry room and see her husband’s suit
that she forgot to take to the dry cleaners.
After
starting a load of laundry she'll go to get her purse in the front entry and find the stack of books that need to be returned to the library.
So she’ll
decide that as long as she’s going to the dry cleaners and the library, she
should stop and pick up a few things at Wal-Mart.
While at Wal-Mart she'll remember that she forgot to RSVP for her daughter to attend a birthday party. She'll also realize she needs to pick up a gift.
An hour
and a half later she’ll return home, and probably want to take a nap.
But
she’ll realize that it’s the last day for the sale on milk, so she’ll put her
grocery list together and head out to Hy-Vee.
When she
returns home from Hy-Vee she’ll put away the groceries. She’ll check the clock to see if she has
enough time to get a walk in before picking the kids up from school.
She’ll
grab her iPod and go for a walk.
When the
walk is finished, she'll remember that she forgot to do the ironing and her husband has nothing to wear to work tomorrow.
After she gets all the ironing done it’s time to pick the kids up from school.
Then one
of the kids will mention that the teacher asked if mom got the email they
sent. So she’ll check her email.
Checking
her email she’ll see that she has a message from Facebook that it’s someone’s
birthday.
She will RSVP for the birthday party (which she forgot again) and then she’ll
log into Facebook.
After 20
minutes she’ll realize it’s time to head for piano lessons.
When she
gets home from piano lessons she’ll be greeted by her husband who asks her
what’s for dinner.
She’ll
realize she forgot to bake the chicken she thawed out that morning and will
instead, heat up hot dogs.
At dinner
her husband will ask what she did today.
So……........she’ll
think of her to-do list.
And
chances are, if she thinks of her untouched to-do list,
she’s
going to want another Mountain Dew.
