Friday, March 30, 2007

Bad Mama

Yesterday.
Home from school.
Hurry!!! Baseball!!!
Here, have a PB&J sandwich, energy for practice.
Hurry up, do homework, you have practice.
We have to be there early, we missed the first one because you were sick.
Here are you clothes.
Hurry up, get changed.
Is your homework finished??!!!!
Hurry!!!!
Get in the car!!!!!!
Hurry!!!!!!!
Drive to the field.
First one's there. Good.
Wait.
Wait.
Wait.
Hmmmm...........
Did the coach say this field?
Hmmmm.............
Let's drive to the other field.
Hurry!!! Get in the car!!!!
Now we're late!!!!!
Speed to the other field!!!!
Hurry!!!!
No one there.
Hmmmm...............
Call coach.
No answer.
Drive around.
Hurry!!!!!
Ring, ring....
Coach.
Hi, where are you??? We're ready!!!!! We've been hurrying!!!!!! We're ready!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!!???????
Practice was yesterday.
Shit.
MOM!
sorry.

12 comments:

Erin said...

Oh no!! Ack!!

This is the point where I would ask my son if he _really_ wants to be on the team, because mommy just might go insane by the end of the season :)

I hope that today is better!!

Curly Glamour Girlie said...

Meh, that doesn't make you bad, just misinformed.

FlipFlop Mom said...

HA HA HA HA HA HA.. OH MY!! Ok.. this was GOOD!!! I'm sorry.. I know it wasn't for you... but it was awfully cute.. and have been there before.. Now DAD coaches.. so send my son off with DAD.. easy ride there and back... I NEEDED that giggle today!!
YOU ROCK!!!

Lara Neves said...

That is funny.

I'm sure you're laughing now...I love the way you wrote it. :)

wishful thinking said...

that made my day!!!!

Birgit said...

ROFL! Ohmy, this could have happened to me... guess that makes me a bad mom too! :)

Christina_the_wench said...

We are sisters. I just know it.

Robyn said...

We just might be related! :D

That kind of thing drives me nuts! But at least you mad it funny!

island jen said...

bwahahahahahah!!!

hey, you tried!

Keianna said...

I chuckled but only b/c I have been there before :-)

Milissa said...

omg... so funny... geez what we mom's do to make out youngun's happy!!!!

you should be a writer!

FENICLE said...

Why does this sound so much like a typical day for me?? Hurry, hurry, hurry & find out it's the wrong day!