Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Moment in the life

[End of a long day, mom goes into the bathroom and locks the door.  Alone.  Finally.]
"MA-AHM!"
[Ignore this and it will disappear.  She tells herself.]
"MAAAAHH-AHM!"
"MOM!  MOMMY!  WHERE ARE YOU?"
[pause]
"MOM!"
"MAAAAAAAAA-AHHHM!"  "MOM, MOM, WHERE ARE YOU?"
"MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHM!"
"MOMMY!  MOMMY!  MOMMY!"
"MOM!  CAN YOU HEAR ME?"
"MOM?"
"MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHM!"
[She finally breaks, awkwardly leans forward, opens the door a crack]
"OWEN!  GOOD GRIEF, what is it??  I'm in the bathroom?" [reshuts and locks the door]
"Oh, there you are."  [attempts to open door]  "I just picked NINE tomatoes.  Can you believe that?"
"Let's talk about this when I'm done."
"MOM!  I PICKED NINE TOMATOES!"
"Owen.  When.  I'm.  Done."
"Oh."
[Mom opens door shortly.  Boy is waiting within 1 foot.]
"MOM!  I picked nine whole tomatoes!"
"So I heard."

Someday I will miss this?  So I've heard.  :)

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