Tuesday
Today is Tuesday, May 7, 2013. This morning I was woken up by the heinous sound of the ironing board being opened by the husband (yes he irons his own clothes), I immediately reached for my iPhone.
I have a sickness or rather an obsession with my phone. It needs to be near me at all times and if it isn’t, or god forbid the battery is dead, I start to go through withdrawal.
I quickly scanned my messages, mail and FB before heading over to the weather app. There was a picture of a sun and the number 70 next to it.
Yay!!! It’s Skirt Weather I thought to myself as I hurriedly got into the shower.
I painstakingly put in the extra time to shave my legs as I mentally picked out THE perfect skirt/sweater combo.
I continued getting ready, making breakfast, fighting with L over why he needs to get dressed AND go to school AND put shoes on AND (my personal favorite) why he CAN NOT HAVE A BOWL OF JUST THE MARSHMELLOWS FROM THE LUCKY CHARMS BOX.
After I waved bye to L (and smiled to myself as I quickly slammed closed the front door) I ran upstairs to finish getting ready.
I turned on the radio and was humming along to Taylor Swift and making the bed when I glanced at the clock that read “7:34”.
Crap, I have to start making the kids get dressed I thought to myself. I went over to the top of the stairs, took a deep breath and braced myself for what was coming.
Me: Boys???!!
Boys: What??
Me: Come upstairs…it’s time to get dressed for school.
Boys: Huh? What did you say?
Me: I said COME UPSTAIRS AND GET DRESSED NOW
Boys: OOHHHH Why??
Me: Because you have to get dressed and we have this discussion EVERYDAY. Now come upstairs.
Next came the distinct bang of a Lego creation being thrown on the floor followed by the stomping of feet coming up the stairs.
Today I was also given the added bonus of M, jumping on my bed (yes, the one I just made) and asking me to have a conversation with Bear.
In the meantime, J had come upstairs to show me the “Ship” he had just built. WOW, you made that?! That is AWESOME J I said ushering him into his bedroom. Hey, let’s get dressed why you are up here, come on.
NO I don’t wanna get dressed! he said and stomped back down the stairs into the living room.
Ok, I’ll deal with that after I dry my hair, I thought and went to check the twins’ pregress.
Instead of seeing 2 boys all dressed, I was met with J on the bed in his pj top and underwear and M on the floor, with Bear, looking at Star Wars cards.
Ummm…what are you doing? I told you to get dressed I said with just a little bit of tone.
Mommy? Mommy look, said J. I can hold the toy chainsaw with one hand!
I almost pinched myself to see if I was dreaming. How can this be my life
After yelling at the twins to get dressed, I went back downstairs to check on the other J. The living room was eerily quiet and at first glance, I did not see J.
Hmmm, that’s weird. He isn’t upstairs, where can he be??
I was just about to head back upstairs when I saw it – the large lump on the couch covered in a blanket.
I smiled, and started calling out J’s name pretending I couldn’t find him. Each time I did this, the blanket shook from his laughter.
Finally I pulled the blanket off and yelled THERE HE IS!! and he rolled over laughing.
I quickly dressed him and ran upstairs to iron when I heard the weather forecast on the radio. It went something like this ….cloudy and little sun today, slight chance of showers.
What??!! I thought it was going to be sunny. I am not going to wear a skirt if it’s cold and raining. Now what the hell am I going to wear????!!
I pulled out my black pants and a black cardigan and quickly tried to find a cami to wear underneath. I was not happy, this is so NOT what I had planned. The iron was sticking to the sweater (a new Loft buy btw) and none of the 5 camis I had put on looked right.
Damn it!
Some how we all made it out the door and to our respective buses and work on time.
I am sure my morning is not much different from any other mom. Maybe there are slight differences, but basically the rushing, arguing and struggle for power is the same in any house right?
Oh no, please tell me it isn’t just me (lol)!
It’s now mid-afternoon and I just leaned back in my chair saw a streak of blue out the window across the hall from me. Guess I could have worn that skirt after all.
Hope you are enjoying your Tuesday, just think, we are one stop closer to the weekend!!
mommy&everything 
Sounds eerily familiar. Except I don’t iron. Ever.
Really??? Never??? I iron EVERYTHING except kids clothes (unless its a holiday or school pics). thanks for the comment love ❤
Never. It’s either dry cleaned or it gets fluffed in the dryer. Or it hangs in the closet for months until gravity pulls out the wrinkles.