In an effort to completely expose myself and make Jenn feel better, I offer this little ditty about me.....my life......and my brain.
A while back, we celebrated Emma's birthday with some friends. As soon as we returned home, Emma completed her thank-you cards. The cards had an opening for a photo. I promptly saved the photo of Emma and her friends on to a memory card and hustled out to Target to print them for the oh-so-timely thank-you cards.
I was on a mission.
But there was a line at Target.
A long line.
And here is where my brain starts to short-circuit. At that moment, my thoughts are suddenly drifting...drifting...drifting away from the photo machine and over to the earring section......then the paper towels.....then the guitar picks......
And then.
I have forgotten ALL about the pictures.....Until a couple of months later! Then I remember! I need to print those pictures! And mail them! Right this very minute!
So I went to Target and I printed those pictures. Then I came home and hastily shoved them into the thank-you/photo cards. Then I mailed them.
Then.
I got this message from one of Emma's friends. Something like, "hey, Emma....I like got like Megan's like thank-you card, uh, what's like up with that, like?"
I thought for a minute. "Sweet little Emma. She is so flighty and absent-minded. She is such a kind-hearted but forgetful little soul".
Then I remembered.
EMMA'S NOT ABSENT-MINDED! I'M THE ONE WHO IS ABSENT-MINDED!
I took those pictures and put them into envelopes without a single solitary thought about the corresponding envelopes. So we have figured out now that Elizabeth has Megan's card & Haleigh got Elizabeth's card and Skylar probably has Haleigh's card and so on, and so on, and SO ON!
It's at the end of days like this when I question my ability to educate these children....or wash their underwear for that matter.
So this is a shout out to all of Emma's friends from her like well-meaning and like absent-minded mother.....
Consider yourself thanked.
So I went to Target and I printed those pictures. Then I came home and hastily shoved them into the thank-you/photo cards. Then I mailed them.
Then.
I got this message from one of Emma's friends. Something like, "hey, Emma....I like got like Megan's like thank-you card, uh, what's like up with that, like?"
I thought for a minute. "Sweet little Emma. She is so flighty and absent-minded. She is such a kind-hearted but forgetful little soul".
Then I remembered.
EMMA'S NOT ABSENT-MINDED! I'M THE ONE WHO IS ABSENT-MINDED!
I took those pictures and put them into envelopes without a single solitary thought about the corresponding envelopes. So we have figured out now that Elizabeth has Megan's card & Haleigh got Elizabeth's card and Skylar probably has Haleigh's card and so on, and so on, and SO ON!
It's at the end of days like this when I question my ability to educate these children....or wash their underwear for that matter.
So this is a shout out to all of Emma's friends from her like well-meaning and like absent-minded mother.....
Consider yourself thanked.
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