Daycare delays opening
Screws up my whole day.
After I answered the phone from a deep sleep, and learned that daycare was going to open two hours late because of the weather, I lay in bed composing haikus in my head as I listened to the beep beep beep of the snowplows on the street and the scrape scrape scrape of W. shoveling the driveway.
Eventually, Miss M. and I got up, had some pie for breakfast, and settled down to the rare treat of watching Sesame Street (her) and reading the paper on the couch (me). And somewhere along the line, I told her that school was going to be late, at which news she burst into tears. "I want to go to school!"
Why is it that at least once a week, she has a morning tantrum of the "I don't want to go to school" variety, but today she pulled the opposite?
There but for the grace of god...?
No, schadenfreude.
13 February 2008
5 - 7 - 5 at 6 am
Phone at six o'clock
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Isn't that always the way?
Hope you enjoyed your delayed opening morning!
Human nature.
Wanting what we can't have.
It starts early.
it's the opposite
never mind what they said before
you're screwed either way
goddammit that second line is 8 not 7.
sorry.
I want pie for breakfast.
I pray for delay,
but "cancellation" today.
My whole house is trashed!
'cause: opposition
thy name is 3 year old girl
Mommy, read my mind!
(I didn't mean to pick on girls but I needed another syllable. Also, I suspect M might be 4...)
Sorry to learn that
you had a frustrating morn.
Hope the rest was good.
Hugs and blessings,
Love the haiku! I'm not even going to attempt one - my brain is not wired for creative thinking today.
6 am haiku
by a braver soul than i
i ignore the phone
Hope the rest of the day went well!
Just ignore the phone.
Wholeheartedly eat the pie.
And screw the delay.
Ha! My kids are the exact same way. Kids!
That is precisely what I love (and hate) about kids. The one thing they normally drag their feet on turns into a major deal if canceled.
that oppositional streak is Exactly why my kids thought it was hilariously funny when i occasionally appeared as -- ta da! -- the meanest mommy in the world.
"whatever you do, DON'T go take a bath! GRRR!" said the meanest mommy, in a growly goofy voice. plop, swish, scrub, went the kids, laughing themselves silly. adapt recipe as needed. don't use too often.
i admire anyone who can use the word "schadenfreude" in a poem.
Haikus are a crackup.
Only day Boo wants to go to school is Saturday. Wish we were Greek, cause then he could!!!
Kids want opposites
To stay home or go to school
Depends on the day
Reading through your post
Meaning to post a comment
But I just want pie
Pie for breakfast?!
Yes, please.
I like the pie for breakfast too ... and I would totally end up writing 'ku in my head instead of falling back to sleep.
Pie for breakfast? Sign me up.
-andi
I needed this Haiku. We've had delays and cancellations for weeks now. I can't get anything done!!
early morning calls
rarely bring welcome news, but...
pie for breakfast? yum.
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while this post was still current
failed miserably)
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