Monday by the numbers

• 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

Comments

[Marina]

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.)

[Marsha]

Drama club sound like a blast.

[furiousball]

i would up the amount of coffee, beer, and bacon...

[mamadaisy]

i wonder what the nice surprise was... i hope it was a good one.

hugs to you and all of yours.

[d.]

Coffee.

Spiders.

Coffee and spiders...

http://www.coffee.co.uk/spiders.html