The morning stare
Do you ever find yourself talking to your kids and getting nothing but grunts in response? Or perhaps you get glazed eyes looking at you but not quite functioning…the morning stare I call it. Whether it’s caused by lack of sleep or lack of attention it can lead to misunderstandings. Take this morning for example, I told my seven year old that her lunch box and water bottle were in the middle compartment of her school bag. She had “the morning stare” happening so I told her once again as she left the house that her lunch box was in the middle compartment….MIDDLE! Twenty minutes later I get a phone call from the school about Claire’s missing lunch. I just knew she wasn’t really hearing what I was saying and now I had the proof in the form of a phone call. I assured them that I did send her to school with lunch and if she could just look in the middle section of her school bag it will be there. Sure enough, there it was in the MIDDLE section. The sad thing is that Claire was in tears thinking I had given her no food for the day….what am I to do? Tattooing is too permanent but perhaps next time I get ‘the morning stare” I’ll write any information for her in permanent marker on her arm!
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