The No Good, Stinky Day
Posted on August 19, 2010 - Filed Under Kids | 6 Comments
It’s been one of those days. It started off fine, though I slept in (after watching Prince of Persia until entirely too late last night). Irving and I went into town and did some grocery shopping because we’ve been eating pretty much only beans for the past three weeks and I needed something decent to put up on Gourmet Mama.
When we came back, I busied myself, making a fruit pizza. I was chopping the fruit and reading the recipe for the sugar cookie base when I realized . . . I had no eggs. I dispatched Irving to get some. When he returned with them, I started mixing up the batter for the cookie base and some chocolate chip cookies and realized that I had no flour. Now, you might think me silly for not checking this ahead of time, but we’d JUST bought five pounds of flour and I hadn’t baked yet, so I knew the bin was full. Except it wasn’t.
Irving headed out again. And, while he was away, I put the first batch of cookies into the oven (I had just enough flour for those) and the gas ran out. Sheesh. I recognize a hint when I see one. Needless to say, the cookies turned out ugly and unphotographable, but totally edible.
Then, while cleaning up, I heard Dante sobbing in the bathroom. I asked what was wrong. “Poop, it’s everywhere!” He wailed.
I went in and sure enough, poop everywhere. He had realized he needed to go, ran for the bathroom, lost it outside the bathroom and then shut himself in to try and clean himself up. Alone.
There were bits of toilet paper everywhere and the actual toilet roll was IN the toilet. And my poor little guy was covered in muck and sobbing that he couldn’t clean it up himself. We reminded him that we’re here to help with things like wiping and getting to the toilet in time and right now, Irving is cleaning the entire place up. Yet another reason I’m glad we have the bathroom separate from the house!
Finally, I went to do the laundry, only to find that the brand new detergent AND the fabric softener are . . . gone. Luckily I had powder soap left, but still.
It’s only 3 pm, but I’m thinking we could use a reset on this day.
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Dante’s commentary had me laughing. I guess I am far enough removed to be laughing, perhaps in a year or so you will be too.
So where do you think your flower and laundry stuff is disappearing to?
Hope tomorrow is better my friend.
Kimmie
mama to 8
one homemade and 7 adopted
Is someone ‘borrowing’ your supplies perhaps? I hope your day got a lot better!
That’s why I write these things down, Kimmie, so I’ll remember them in the future!
As for where the stuff vanishes to, I have no idea. My first thought was that someone took it, but really, no one has a washing machine, so it doesn’t make sense for them to take liquid detergent and there have been a lot of missing things lately which turned up in very bizarre spots. I’m thinking that my maid is having trouble concentrating, since she is going through some health issues and is just sticking stuff in weird spots and forgetting. Either that or I’m completely senile, lol.
Did you watch Daddy Day care? This reminds me of the scene when a little kid walks out of the bathroom and announces: “I missed!”. Eddy Murphy´s face as he looks around the bathroom is priceless!
I agree: this was a terrible, horrible, no good, stinky day. But when it gets this bad, sometimes you just have to laugh it off.
Good luck with your lost stuff. Just remember that sometimes people just steal or “borrow” for the sake of doing it, even if they don´t have a washing machine.
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