- Cups of coffee = two
- Pieces of bacon = two and a half
- Spiders = two
- Burned out light bulbs = one
- Loads of laundry = two
- Ran the dishwasher = once (sink STILL not empty)
- Stopped to look at the gorgeous full moon = forty seven times
- Minutes spent at meeting for kids' drama club = thirty
- Minutes spent standing in line to hand in drama club parent volunteer forms = thirty
- Number of people who checked in on me in person, or via phone, email or txt today = at least twenty
- Number of people who offered help clean my house = three
- Number of forms my kids brought home about lice exposure at school = two
- Number of times I said shit, goddamnit, motherfucker about the idea of my kids getting lice = ninety six
- Number of times I checked their heads = eleven
- Number of kids who got their heads scrubbed by me = two
- Number of kids doing Irish dance in the living room an hour past bedtime = three
- Number of beers I've opened = two
- Messages in my work email that I need to answer = 186
- In personal email = afraid to look
- Number of kids who didn't get lunch today because they thought I didn't give the school a check and didn't think to ASK SOMEONE = two
- Number of schools I actually forgot to give a check to = one
- Number of times I yelled at my kids = one (roughhousing turned to injury turned to punching)
- Number of times I felt lucky = seven
- Number of nice surprises = one
I'm so sorry. Thinking of you and sending good vibes and strength. (K's friend - who you turned on to blogs years ago and who's been obsessed ever since.)
Drama club sound like a blast.
i would up the amount of coffee, beer, and bacon...
i wonder what the nice surprise was... i hope it was a good one.
hugs to you and all of yours.
Coffee.
Spiders.
Coffee and spiders...
http://www.coffee.co.uk/spiders.html