Coffee Break

If this is Wednesday, it feels like a Friday after a very long week.  My whole week is out of whack. When Monday slipped by without the usual Monday events (that would be the dusting and vacuuming and doing  laundry), I knew I was in trouble. In between running around today, I managed to make half a dent on the dishes and wrangled a ham into the oven. Since I only have about fifteen minutes before I make my fourth run of the day to pick up a couple of kids from school, I thought this would be a good time for a coffee break.

And that's when the thought occurred to me.

If I was working right now, I would miss out on random moments like the one I had today. The details of the circumstances leading up to this moment are really non-essential, but suffice it to say that I made an impromptu trip to the high school to pick up the oldest. We ran the errand I needed him present for, made a pit stop at McDonald's for an early lunch, did a drive-by at the local tech college so he would know where to park when he makes his own drop-in later after school, and got him back to school in time for his favorite part of the day.

I made it home in time to fix the husband lunch, kicked the dryer on for the five-minute wrinkle knock-out, and sat down to pay (or at least think about) some bills. The phone rang with the weak voice of the youngest on the other end of the line. Mom? Can you please come get me? For parents out there like us who rarely have a kid miss school or call for an early pick-up, this is one of those situations where you don't have to think twice. If she's calling, there's a reason. Within a half hour I had her back home where she promptly made herself cozy with a bowl of chicken soup and a good book.

(And there's no way she would let me post a picture of that).

So now I sit for a moment.

Kids taken care of. 

No boss to contend with.

Ham smelling good in the oven.

Now if there's just some way I could figure out how to collect a paycheck at the same time, life would be sweet (well, sweeter anyway).

And to the middle, you've not been left out. Give me this evening and you'll have a chocolate cake by the time you get home from church. I did promise you we would celebrate the Hershey guy's birthday, right? Any reason for chocolate, buddy. Any reason at all.  =)