My to-do list today:
- Laundry
- Groceries
- Empty Dishwasher
- Tidy house
- Feed kids lunch
- Feed self lunch
- Write
Has been thwarted by this:
Which is a prettier picture of this:
My shin after an unfortunate incident involving the bricks that edge the front porch.
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This change of plans seems good in concept. After all, the only thing I am now capable of is #7, which is the only thing I really want to do anyway.
And the laundry CAN wait. Nobody’s on their C-level underwear yet, and uniforms for tomorrow night’s aikido class are clean.
Even the grocery shopping can be put off, as long as Charlie stops to pick up bagels. Or eats something else for breakfast tomorrow.
The problem rests squarely on the shoulders of three bored and irritable short people. Who keep appearing in my room, where I have been ordered to stay, with my leg iced and elevated.
(Charlie issued those orders right before leaving for an appointment, so I’m alone with the kids till he returns.)
The short people received their own set of orders:
- To take care of me. (HA!)
- And make their own lunch. (HAHA!)
- And not fight. (HAHAHAHA!!! [coughcoughchoke])
Lunch was made, but not before the throwing of a tin can lid at Hannah’s chest (AUUUUUUGH!) which somehow avoided causing injury (PHEW).
A plan for bedroom banishment was formulated. Threats were made.
Now, they’re in the living room and all is silent. Apparently the INTENSITY with which I communicated those threats had an impact. Either that or one (or more) of them is bound and gagged.
At any rate, I’ll take it.
Now, if I can just get them to fix MY lunch and refill my coffee, today might turn out okay.
13 responses so far ↓
1 Helen // Jul 30, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Offer to “learn” from them how you should treat them when they are sick.
I know it won’t work for all day, but it might get you a cup of coffee and a peanut butter sandwich…
2 Beth // Jul 30, 2009 at 1:08 pm
C level underwear…Ha! I love that one.
3 Vanessa // Jul 30, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Holy crap balls! I say you need to milk it to whoever you can!! Laundry my hiney. Someone needs to do that crap for you and bring you a cocktail You are in pain after all…
4 Annie K // Jul 30, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Uh, yeah, you did a real number on that shin. Ouch!
5 @ngie // Jul 30, 2009 at 5:26 pm
I was JUST thinking about you today. So sorry to hear about your spill. Whenever I ask my kids to fix me something to eat the results are comical to say the least, edible but so funny looking. Don’t you love it when the man orders the short people around? I know I sure do.
6 Big Blue House Momma // Jul 30, 2009 at 5:47 pm
It never fails….the day you need to stay in bed, children sense somehow that they need to scream their lungs out all day long. I don’t understand how that works!
7 thefarmerfiles // Jul 30, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Oh NO! I have yet to blog about this OR BLOG lately…but the same thing happened to my Hubs except with a piece of slate. If it starts to be really infected you need to see your dr….Hubs was told that it went an inch deep. They actually had to open the wound up because he ran the risk of cellulitis…ok you need to google what that is all about…and even though it scabbed over…it was infected almost to the bone, and he ended up needing to see an orthopedic surgeon because the infection could lead to….welll I don’t want to scare you…but please take care of yourself!
8 joyce // Jul 30, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Sorry to hear about your mishap…kids def know when to press buttons….take care and I do hope someone brought you coffee
9 Nick the Geek // Jul 30, 2009 at 9:35 pm
So you went and smacked your shin just so you could skip on your chores and write? Way to be.
10 Lianne // Jul 30, 2009 at 9:46 pm
::Going to find brick::
Finally found a way to take a break! I’m in!
And you totally slaughtered me with “C level underwear!” I’ve never put a name to it, but I knew it was in the drawer. The ones with holes and questionable elastic…yeah, those.
11 faemom // Jul 30, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Two of them are definantly bound and gagged.
12 Sharkbait // Jul 31, 2009 at 1:35 am
Ouch. That doesn’t look good.
13 Mulled Vine // Jul 31, 2009 at 9:47 am
That looks sore! Mind you, it’s good for the short ones.
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