It’s Not All Mary Poppins

It wasn’t that bad a day, really

Emma and I chat idly in the living room as the children play around us. “I could…” I start, then get distracted and wander out to the front porch, leaving the sentence unfinished. Poor Emma is left in a state of astonished panic. She hadn’t heard “I could”, you see, but rather, “I quit.”

October 13, 2005 - Posted by | my kids, the dark side

5 Comments »

  1. I have said those words.

    Not “I could…” but “I quit!”

    But of course I didn’t.

    Comment by misfit | October 13, 2005 | Reply

  2. i’ve yet to utter the words. i don’t think i’ve reach that stage yet. yet.

    Comment by jungs | October 13, 2005 | Reply

  3. I quit! I Quit! I QUIT! I QUIT!!!

    Sigh.

    Comment by Haley | October 14, 2005 | Reply

  4. LOL

    Comment by Si | October 14, 2005 | Reply

  5. Misfit: Because you can’t, can you? I don’t mean that you’re not allowed, or that you can’t escape them, but you just can’t. Not when it gets right down to it – and don’t they make sure, some days, that it gets riiiight down to it??

    Jungs: Who knows what the future holds, but let’s hope you never do! This would put you in the 1.8% minority, by my very sophisticated polling methods.

    Haley: You have not yet begun to fight: don’t even have kids yet! Though some roommates can give you an early taste of it…

    si: hiya.

    Comment by Mary P. | October 14, 2005 | Reply


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