A Preview — What’s to Come?

There are so many posts coming up for you to read this NaBloPoMo November, including these riveting topics:

  • Last year, Lily requested a butterfly birthday cake. What could her birthday cake request be for this year? I’m going to keep you in suspense….
  • Yesterday, I was almost hit by a car…the full story, coming to your computer screen soon!
  • Do you know what to expect when you have a mammogram? I’ll tell you!
  • More scrapbook pages! Let’s see, can I spell “mosaic?” 
  • Can Ginny keep up? Blogging every day for a month…she almost missed her 11/9/10 post! 🙂

Until tomorrow…

Is there such a thing as a peaceful shower?

This morning, we walked Lily to school, came home, and I settled Emmy on my bed with a stack of picture books so that I could take a shower.

I stepped in, and as the warm water washed over me, the muscles in my back relaxed and I heaved a sigh of relief. After rushing around this morning — throwing a load of laundry in the washer, making the girls breakfast, dressing the girls, throwing the laundry in the drier, packing Lily’s lunch and rushing her off to school — I needed a few minutes to myself.

I needed to shave under my arms, as I have my annual mammogram this afternoon. I thought I might as well shave my legs as well. Just as I had finished shaving under my right arm, I thought I heard screaming over the noise of the shower spray. What could be going on?

I turned off the shower, the bar of soap still in my hand. “Emmy, are you all right?” I called.

“I’M FIRSTY!!” Emmy shouted. {Insert fake crying here.}

“I’m almost done!” I replied, and turned the shower back on, quickly washed my face and my hair.

By the time I stepped out of the shower, wrapped a towel around my dripping body, and headed out of the bathroom to see what Emmy was up to, she had dragged a chair over to the refrigerator and opened the door. I got out the gallon of milk, and poured her a glass.

Thank goodness for jeans-wearing weather!