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Mom vs. Dad |
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Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mum said, "I'm tired,
and it's getting late. I think I'll go to bed.."
She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day's lunches. Rinsed
out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for supper the following
evening, checked the cereal box levels, filled the sugar container, put spoons
and bowls on the table and started the coffee pot for brewing the next morning.
She then put some wet clothes in the dryer, put a load of clothes into the
washer, ironed a shirt and secured a loose button. She picked up the game pieces
left on the table, put the phone back on the charger and put the telephone book
into the drawer. She watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket and hung up a
towel to dry. She yawned and stretched and headed for the bedroom.
She stopped by the desk and wrote a note to the teacher, counted out some cash
for the excursion and pulled a text book out from hiding under the chair. She
signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped the envelope and
wrote a quick note for the grocery store. She put both near her bag.
Mum then washed her face with 3 in 1 cleanser, put on her Night Solution & age
fighting moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth and filed her nails.
Dad called out, "I thought you were going to bed."
"I'm on my way," she said. She put the cat outside,
then made sure the doors were locked and the patio light was on. She looked in
on each of the kids and turned out their bedside lamps and radios, hung up a
shirt, threw some dirty socks into the hamper, and had a brief conversation with
the one up still doing homework..
In her own room, she set the alarm; laid out clothing for the next day,
straightened up the shoe rack. She added three things to her 6 most important
things to do list. She said her prayers, and visualized the accomplishment of
her goals.
About that time, Dad turned off the TV and announced to no one in particular. "I'm
going to bed." And he
did...without another thought.
Anything extraordinary here?
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