A Day Off

Working weekends has but one perk--a random day off mid-week.   Tomorrow is that magic day.  For me.  Not him.  Because when he reminded me that he had the day off work tomorrow, I smiled a devilish smirk and said in one long breath, "Great!  Hibiscus needs to be dropped off to school, you need to leave the house no later than 7:33 to get her there on time.  But the neighbor kids need a ride tomorrow, too.  They'll be here a few minutes past 7.  So, shuttle all the kids to school and then you'll still make it on time to stay with Columbine and Wooly at preschool."

It was a full throttle ramble and I didn't have the heart to flood the engines by including other equally important instructions into my tailspin.  I'm sure he'll manage to think through the other 15 points of the morning check list: fill up water bottles, pack recess snacks for Hibiscus and post-preschool snacks for the youngins, make sure Hibiscus is wearing shoes since Thursday is PE.  Don't forget breakfast (If it's anything that includes syrup, you must close the flip top lid before leaving.  If you don't, the ants will do it for you.)!  Scriptures, teeth brushed, beds made, piano torture drills, hair brushed, and most of all--escort Wooly to the potty to supervise the morning tinkle because I just cleaned the toilet seat today.  I think that'd covers most of it.   

Wisely enough, he has learned the best (read: only) response to offer after a one-breath-instruction-list.  Good boy, now that's a good boy. 

"What time is preschool over?" he asked.

So, yes, Mr. Forget-me-not, has the day off from work.  Or at least he did, until he told me about it.

Welcome to my world, Honey.  Enjoy circle time for me.  Heads up: They'll probably sing that stupid song about the traffic lights and yes, it will be stuck in your head the rest of the day.  Let's just hope they don't sing the Hawaiian version of the Hokey-Pokey song, too.  That one gets stuck in the kids head all day and trust me, that's even worse. 

Tomorrow I've got the morning off!  I can't decide between a long beach walk or a longer beach walk. 

It's going to be a great day.

Always on the grow,