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So this is my day so far.

It begins early . . . although not as early as it would have begun, had I actually remembered to set my alarm clock. And then when George finally persuades me to get up – by turning on all of the lights and siccing the small child on me (“WAKE UP, MAMA, WAKE UP!”) – I realize I only have about twenty minutes to get said small child off to school. Commence frantic Eggo toasting, tooth brushing, child wrangling protocol.

Once child and husband are out the door, and I’ve ingested enough coffee to function properly, I pour myself a bowl of cereal. Proceed to eat half the cereal, before realizing the milk has gone sour. Dump cereal in sink, and gag repeatedly.

Bravely set off for the Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles to register my new-to-me car. Am told by the snippy woman sitting behind the information desk that George didn’t sign the title in all of the places that needed signing. Ask if I can just sign for him – citing spousal privilege, community property, etc., etc. – and Information Woman accuses me of attempted forgery. Leave with car still unregistered, wondering if the DHSMV goes out of its way to hire assholes, or if it’s just the inevitable result of employees coming into contact with the general public day after day.

Return home to learn that all of the reader reviews for MOMMY TRACKED on Amazon have mysteriously disappeared. Wouldn’t be a problem if they were bad reviews, but these were all 5-star ones. And poof . . . now they’re gone. Wonder if this is what Jane Green meant when she said looking at your Amazon reviews is like drinking from the poisoned chalice.

Discover small child has drawn happy faces in ball point pen on all of the throw pillows in living room.

It’s got to be five o’clock somewhere, right?

Posted 19 September 2007 at 03:52 PM