Herd of Elephants

Today is a momentous occasion in our home–it is 7:43am and both of my children are still sleeping.  I can probably count on one hand the number of times my son has slept past 7am in his short life.  When this rare event does happen, there is cause for incredible rejoicing.  My husband went into check on the little guy before he left for work.  Upon discovering we still had a Sleeper, I immediately switched into covert operations mode.  As you might imagine, this involves hushed voices, low-to-no lighting, tip-toeing, etc.   When we both made it downstairs, my husband dared to start speaking in a normal tone of voice and (gasp) used the refrigerator to refill his water bottle.  This initiated a “discussion” in which I told him that he was being as noisy as a herd of elephants.  He insisted that this was not the case, but I am standing firm that even a loud sigh in this case would be offensive.  See, my day is exponentially improved by each minute I have alone prior to the kids being up.  The more I can get done before, the smoother things flow the rest of the day, whereas his day is largely unaffected by whether the kids get up or not.  So he cannot possibly understand the importance of why he should choose to walk the 10 miles to work in the rain versus chancing opening the garage door and waking up the kids.  And perhaps forgo his shoes, as sometime the laces click against the floorboards and make a sound.  A little common sense, please! 😉

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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