Sometimes I feel like I spend my days repeating myself over and over again. Wait. Strike that. I KNOW I spend my days repeating myself over and over again. For example, answering the basic call of:
"Mom!"
"What?"
"Mom!"
"What?"
"Mom!"
"WHAT?!"
Or the classic:
"Can I have a cookie?"
"No, not until after dinner."
One minute later:
"Can I have a cookie?"
"No, not until after dinner."
30 seconds later:
"Can I have a cookie?"
"NOT UNTIL AFTER DINNER!"
Driven to the point of screaming everyone turns around and gives me the look like I've lost my mind. It's a valid look because I have. It's been drained of all creative independent happy thoughts and replace with the repetitive answers and demands of: "No", "Yes", "Pick up your toys" and "Not until after dinner.". No wonder why old people need things repeated all the time. Its not because they're deaf--its because their kids messed their brains up to never think a linear thought again.
Thanks, I needed to vent. I feel better now.
--Laurel
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3 years ago
8 comments:
Love this post, Laurel. It's REALLY bad when you're hard of hearing AND have the twisted brain thing at the same time.
Can I have a cookie?
i heart your kids!
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Ditto Heidi! And Laurel, I just made cookies and you cannot have one. Yet.
what an apt word for this post....
press.
What I love is the single word repeated over and over because they can't put together a complete sentence. Justin's favorite is "food" repeated 5 or 6 times between b-ball practice and dinner (about 15 min). He must be so hungry that english skills fail him.
Did they get the cookie after dinner?
I need to make cookies again..but to change the subject...what about chemistry sets?
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