Phone at six o'clock
Daycare delays opening
Screws up my whole day.
Daycare delays opening
Screws up my whole day.
After I answered the phone from a deep sleep, and learned that daycare was going to open two hours late because of the weather, I lay in bed composing haikus in my head as I listened to the beep beep beep of the snowplows on the street and the scrape scrape scrape of W. shoveling the driveway.
Eventually, Miss M. and I got up, had some pie for breakfast, and settled down to the rare treat of watching Sesame Street (her) and reading the paper on the couch (me). And somewhere along the line, I told her that school was going to be late, at which news she burst into tears. "I want to go to school!"
Why is it that at least once a week, she has a morning tantrum of the "I don't want to go to school" variety, but today she pulled the opposite?
Why we rubberneck:
There but for the grace of god...?
No, schadenfreude.
There but for the grace of god...?
No, schadenfreude.
Isn't that always the way?
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoyed your delayed opening morning!
Human nature.
ReplyDeleteWanting what we can't have.
It starts early.
it's the opposite
ReplyDeletenever mind what they said before
you're screwed either way
goddammit that second line is 8 not 7.
ReplyDeletesorry.
I want pie for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteI pray for delay,
ReplyDeletebut "cancellation" today.
My whole house is trashed!
'cause: opposition
ReplyDeletethy name is 3 year old girl
Mommy, read my mind!
(I didn't mean to pick on girls but I needed another syllable. Also, I suspect M might be 4...)
Sorry to learn that
ReplyDeleteyou had a frustrating morn.
Hope the rest was good.
Hugs and blessings,
Love the haiku! I'm not even going to attempt one - my brain is not wired for creative thinking today.
ReplyDelete6 am haiku
ReplyDeleteby a braver soul than i
i ignore the phone
Hope the rest of the day went well!
Just ignore the phone.
ReplyDeleteWholeheartedly eat the pie.
And screw the delay.
Ha! My kids are the exact same way. Kids!
ReplyDeleteThat is precisely what I love (and hate) about kids. The one thing they normally drag their feet on turns into a major deal if canceled.
ReplyDeletethat oppositional streak is Exactly why my kids thought it was hilariously funny when i occasionally appeared as -- ta da! -- the meanest mommy in the world.
ReplyDelete"whatever you do, DON'T go take a bath! GRRR!" said the meanest mommy, in a growly goofy voice. plop, swish, scrub, went the kids, laughing themselves silly. adapt recipe as needed. don't use too often.
i admire anyone who can use the word "schadenfreude" in a poem.
ReplyDeleteHaikus are a crackup.
ReplyDeleteOnly day Boo wants to go to school is Saturday. Wish we were Greek, cause then he could!!!
Kids want opposites
ReplyDeleteTo stay home or go to school
Depends on the day
Reading through your post
ReplyDeleteMeaning to post a comment
But I just want pie
Pie for breakfast?!
ReplyDeleteYes, please.
I like the pie for breakfast too ... and I would totally end up writing 'ku in my head instead of falling back to sleep.
ReplyDeletePie for breakfast? Sign me up.
ReplyDelete-andi
I needed this Haiku. We've had delays and cancellations for weeks now. I can't get anything done!!
ReplyDeleteearly morning calls
ReplyDeleterarely bring welcome news, but...
pie for breakfast? yum.
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