12:00pm: Pat yourself on the back for putting away three weeks worth of laundry.
12:01pm: Share your success on social media.
(See my pretty new quilt? I bought this for $17; it was originally $120...pretty pleased about it.)
12:02pm:
Have delusions of grandeur about the read aloud time and other
attention you are going to give your children for the rest of the
afternoon.
12:03pm: Discover half a bottle of bubble bath poured onto the carpet.
12:04pm:
Go downstairs to retrieve the carpet cleaner and discover that your
gluten intolerant baby is eating Grapenuts by the handful (which she
first poured all over the dining room).
12:05pm: Wonder how sick your baby is going to be and then infuriate her by removing her from the scene of her delight.
12:13pm: After cleaning up the dangerous cereal, retrieve the carpet cleaner.
12:15pm: Bubbles...BIG bubbles.
12:20pm: Rinse, suck, and repeat...over and over.
12:30pm: Wonder if putting away the laundry was worth it (because that left the 3yo unsupervised to dump bubble bath).
12:35pm: Ask an older child to feed the baby lunch.
12:45pm: Tell yourself that the lovely smell in the room is the silver lining.
12:48pm: Observe that the water in the dirty tank is now clear enough and soapy enough to bathe your children in.
12:50pm: Smaller bubbles...hope!
12:55pm: Fresh rinse and...BIG bubbles! Hope squashed.
1:00pm: Decide to attempt the throw up trick. (Using a metal utensil to squeeze liquid out of carpet.)
1:01pm:
Release crying baby from her high chair. Observe her entire lunch that
she threw on the floor and resolve to get a dog next year.
1:02pm: Open utensil drawer to grab a spatula and wonder what the 3yo did with all of the untensils.
1:03pm: Attempt throw up trick with some success.
1:10pm: Wonder if two square feet of carpet is worth all this effort.
1:11pm: Envision the dirt that will stick to soap left in the carpet and the resulting large stain. Rinse, suck, and repeat.
1:30pm: Decide that putting away the laundry was definitely NOT worth it.
1:45pm:
Consider how many gallons of bath water this much bubble bath would
normally be used in. Sigh at the half gallon rinse tank on your carpet
cleaner.
1:46pm: Promise yourself that you will stop after three more rinses.
2:00pm: Heartily wish someone had thrown up instead.
2:15pm: Fulfill your promise. Carpet still sudsy. *sigh*
2:30pm:Commiserate on social media.
2:31pm: Take a deep breath, and go downstairs to discover what mischief has been done while you failed to clean the carpet.
2:45pm:
Bump into a pile of dirty laundry. Recall that you were on your way to
start this laundry when your afternoon was derailed.
2:46PM: Start that laundry.
