Deer in the Headlights

Deer season for me happened months earlier. In fact, it was the middle of August. For some reason my girls and everyone else in Mon. County had to go to school in the prime of summer

 Get up...wake girls..pack nutritious lunches...argue about who is wearing someone else's clothes..miss bus for big girls...take all 4 to drop off big girls at big girl school in nightgown and no shoes and no bra...drop off big girls...nearly run out of gas in nightgown and no shoes and no bra ...rush home...yell at little girls to hustle..little girls cry...miss bus for little girls...jump back in car with little girls ..still.. nightgown and no shoes and no bra...notice gas light in drop off line...recall nutritious lunches on counter at home..drop off little girls...go to Cress Point gas station in nightgown and no shoes and no bra... pump 2.37$ in gas from collected change in console...get home and rush nutritious lunches back to little girl school in nightgown and no shoes and no bra...thankfully spot other late mom with appropriate clothing entering school...smile and ask her to deliver nutritious lunches to little girls...kind mom with bewildered look at my nightgown and no shoes and no bra obliges....go home and ditch nightgown...thankful that there are no shoes and no bra..shower...throw on scrubs...with shoes and bra...bring make-up bag to go...arrive 20 min late...apologize genuinely to 9 o'clock patient and office manager.

Home at 5pm. Drive Chloe to cheer, Liza to choir with little girls in tow.... ignore little girls pleas to cheer, dance, tumble, sing, act, etc..Go home start dinner...feed little girls...throw them in car...think of impending and annoying gas light..rush upstairs to little girls piggy bank and extract 5.50$...go to Cress Point gas station...drive to get big girls on opposite sides of town..receive angry texts from said big girls demanding to know where I am and why I'm always late....head home with all 4 girls...warm cold dinner for big girls while doing homework with little girls...bathe little girls..ignore hideous kitchen...

Fall helplessly into bed. No nutritious lunch pre-packed...no school clothes picked out for next day...no more gas in car...

Sleep soundly with nightgown on with no bra and no shoes...waiting to wake up again...like a deer in the headlights.