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Thursday, August 11, 2005
cardboard sign says "yard sale"
We spent the afternoon preparing for tomorrow, when I hope that many obliging people will come to my house and pay staggeringly small amounts of money to haul away things I no longer have space to store. Oh please. Today was such a better day than yesterday, which ended up being one of the few days when I really really WANT a break from my kids. Or, in this case, my kid, but I won't tell you which five-year-old I'm talking about. I had an "I am the worst mother ever" headache (that is to say, a headache brought on by high levels of stress compounded by an excess of yelling), and it took "Ocean's 11" on the DVD player, some sugar-free ice cream, and a drawn-out relaxing discussion in the dark with my husband to make it go away. Then this morning I had him bring C in for a snuggle before he left for work, and by the time we got up I felt much better in every way.
And then of course today was full of that feeling of satisfaction you get when you finish a task. Drat it, why can't I get that same feeling without all the work? How manifestly unfair.
I'll leave you with a short list of seminars which my child or children are fully qualified to teach:
- Bathtime as Recreation
- How To Get Completely Sidetracked Without Even Trying
- Mud: Its Manufacture and Use
- Heart-Melting 101
- The Healing Magic of Malapropisms (with labs: Backward Letters and Cute Misspellings)
- Construction Workshop: Tall Piles of Stuff You Don't Want To Put Away
- Nutrition 17A: How to Convince Grandpa that Pop-Tarts and Sugared Cereal are Good for You
Hurry and book now; the conference season is just around the corner.
Comments
I didn't know you were having a yard sale. They are pretty stressfull, especially after all that work having people come and rob you or not buy anything. After my second try I finally just donated it all to the homeless. Were you watching the original Ocean's 11 or the one with George Cloony?
Posted by: jenn at August 12, 2005 05:43 PM
