Thursday, March 29, 2012

Not the first post I intended to write, but...

There I was, crouching in the back seat of my not-yet-year-old car, scrubbing the vomit off the upholstery when I began to get very philosophical.

Lessons from a very gross encounter:

1. Always carry a bucket in the car.
2. Always say yes when the new car salesperson wants you to scotch-guard your upholstery.
3. When children express the need to throw up. Go home immediately. Do not wait.
4. Before cleaning a really gross mess, sometimes it's okay to go to book group, have a good night's sleep and eat breakfast. It gives a lot of important distance from the trauma.
5. It's okay to invite your visiting teacher over to watch your kids while you do the deed. (Thank you!!!!)

I hope to never need to apply these life lessons again. Ever.

5 comments:

  1. First :-( and then LOL! Way to make something really really nasty into something funny for the rest of us. Hope it never ever happens to you ever again.

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  2. I love that you went philosophical mid-cleanup. As the saying goes, hindsight is always 20/20!

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  3. yuck yuck yuck, and yet it didn't actually gross me out. Yuck is such a part of life with littles, isn't it. Oh yuck. What was your first post going to be?

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  4. Yeah, kids are gross. But they are so darn cute!

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