April 29, 2008 12:00
A morning in the head of a working mom
12:01 a.m.: Lie awake fretting over childcare and work. Baby sitter has selfishly selected friend's funeral over feeding my child chicken cutlets. Weekly newsmagazine selfishly refuses to move publication date in order to accommodate childcare implosion. Husband selfishly unavailable to pinch hit, due to existence of own career. What to do...what to do.
12:14 a.m.: High-def Gossip Girl taking up too much space on TimeWarner DVR. Must watch and erase.
12:32 a.m.: Can no one, for the love of donuts, invent a maternity pillow that actually allows sleep.
5:22 a.m.: What to do about childcare today...what to do.
6:01 a.m.: What would be an appropriate fate for that monster in Austria? Certainly not death, unless it's dragged out over the next 10 years and involves unspeakable pain.
6:12 a.m.: Speaking of execution, must figure out how to kill mouse living behind stove. Maybe explosives.
6:45 a.m.: Leave desperate follow-up message at company's on-site childcare service, begging for emergency coverage.
8:20 a.m.: Finally reach live person at childcare service; cajole her into opening last-minute spot.
9:35 a.m.: Skate into 9:30 meeting. Just in time for important discussion of sociopolitical implications of Miley Cyrus posing semi-nude in Vanity Fair.
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Reader Comments (4)
Not to cause trouble, but I hope Mr. WiP was worrying about the same thing you were at 12:01 and 5:22, and possibly making calls of his own at 6:45 and 8:20.
Posted by Lulu Lulu | April 29, 2008 3:42 PM
All great reasons I'm holding off on kiddos, even though somehow you still managed to watch Gossip Girl last night - impressive!
Posted by lilian | April 29, 2008 7:36 PM
This happened in Brazil
If the bible is the "word of God", if the same one "condemns the Espiritismo", if the Church Catholic, is the "only representative of Christ in the Land", if the "Pope" is "infallible". Because then that with all these resources, for the defense of the Church Catholic, its bishops had opted, for the murder of the bishop Dom Aldo Di Cillo Pagotto?
The Bishop Catholic Dom Aldo Di Cillo Pagotto, northeast archbishop, gave an interview to the porograma Espiritismo By Satellite. Program this presented by Mr. Alamar Régis Carvalho. During the interview, Dom Aldo said, read Pablo and Estevão, (workmanship psicografada for Chico Xavier) who did not read does not know what it is losing. I was with Chico Xavier and I ahead saw me of a saint. During a meeting of the CNBB, in Santa Catarina, a bishop asked for to satisfaction the Dom Aldo, on related interview. The spirits if exaltaram, then the bishops had said (they had about five hundred bishops). We take off the reincarnation of the Bible. We need to review this thesis. We take off the mediunidade of the Bible. We need to review this thesis. Enthusiastic with the fact, Mr. Alamar promoted with the aid of USES, Union of the Societies Espíritas, 1° Espírita Meeting of the State of São Paulo ENCOESP. Meeting this that would be carried through, in January of 2001 in the Anhembi. These same Bishops intended to make, a reform in the Christianity, from Brazil, and to present to the world the Espiritismo, with being the redivivo Christianity. Mr. Alamar also said, that the espíritas that were to the meeting, would be surpresos. Therefore the Anhembi would be crowded of bishops of the church catholic, therefore they would participate of the event, bishops of Brazil and the world. They were invited to be the palestrantes, Dom Aldo Di Cillo Pagotto, the priest Jose Linhares Bridges, that are or were representative for the Ceará, and the protestant shepherd Nehemias Marien. Dom Aldo Pagotto cannot only go. The reason for the which Dom Aldo cannot appear, was that thirty percent of those bishops, that were in the meeting of the CNBB in Santa Catarina, had said: If it will be for finishing with the Church Catholic, goes to have blood in the Anhembí. Thus threatening to kill the shots of machine gun Dom Aldo Pagoto, case it compareçesse to the event. It had an emergency meeting, they had thought or about calling the policy, or informing the press. He was determined then that it was early, them bishops to make such affirmation, regarding the espírita doctrine. The Dom Aldo withdrew, and the event did not happen of the form as he had been foreseen. Mr. Alamar Régis Carvalho is today president of the Net Visão of TV. http://aigrejacatolica.blogspot.com/
Posted by True | April 30, 2008 10:36 AM
Back to a post from a few days ago...I suspect you were ready for another afternoon nap today. Just a few more hours...you can make it!
Posted by staceyb | April 30, 2008 3:52 PM