Jenny, jubilant at 5:30 am when she raced headlong into my bedroom in the dark,
“Mama, we go on beach trip today! I swim in pool!”
Jenny, swinging her legs happily at the breakfast table at 6:55,
“We go Myrtle Beach, I go swim in pool, eat cwab legs.”
Jenny, cheerily from the backseat of the car at 7:40,
“Mama, I like to swim!”
Me, grumpily, under my breath,
“Really, you don’t say. If I’d known that, I would’ve booked a beach trip or something.”
Jenny, shocked and concerned;
“Oh, yes, mama, I LIKE to swim!”
Then, 5 minutes later.
Sobs.
Me –
“Jelly, sweetie, what’s the matter?”
“Oh mama – I don’t want to go Miss Dawn’s. I want to go to Myrtle Beach NOW pwease.”
“Jenny, I know that you are a very, very excited little girl, but sometimes, there are things that you have to wait for. This is something you have to wait just a little bit longer for. I will pick you up after lunch, and before nap. It is a very special day, and it will be a very fun day, but you have to take a deep breath and CALM THE HECK DOWN.”
“Mama, I a wittle bit sad.”
“I know, Jelly. It will be all better soon.”
2 comments:
I hope the day passes quickly for you both, and that you have a wonderful trip full of cwab legs and swims in the pool!
Swim, swim, swim!!!
Have sooooo much fun.
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