The sad, lonely life of a mom's coffee cup
I feel sorry for my coffee cup. I do. Here...I'll show you why. Below is a breakdown on its daily activities.
6:30 a.m. Pulled from un-run dishwasher and hastily rinsed.
6:32 Abandoned in sink while I made Dinasaur Egg Oatmeal (which I swore I wasn't going to buy again--but, hey, it's oatmeal.)
6:40 Poured coffee to brim, but not too high, must add froo-froo creamer.
6:42 Forgotten on kitchen counter due to mini-brawl that broke out between kids, something to do with "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!" or "She slugged me."
6:57 Found cup, placed it in the microwave for warm-up.
7:00 Geech! 7 already? Ran upstairs to get kids ready for school--no cup in hand.
7:20 Scuttled downstairs to retrieve cup from microwave...cold again. Re-zapped.
7:50 Re-zapped, poured into thermos cup.
7:59 Hurried out the door as not to be late for drop-off--forgetting cup on counter.
7:45 Returned home to find cold coffee sitting on counter, poured back into microwaveable cup. Re-zapped.
8:00 Upstairs to take shower, make self presentable--plum forgot cup in microwave again.
9:00 Retrieved sorry cup of coffee from microwave, checked temp. Re-zapped.
9:05 Started to return emails and check blog stats--Yeah! Two sips.
9:10 Remembered clothes in dryer will relentlessly wrinkle if not folded immediately. Ran downstairs.
10:00 Grabbed cup while rushing to put away clothes: left coffee cup atop Son's nightstand.
11:00 Official lunch time: Coffee out. Diet Coke in.
8:30 p.m. While putting son to bed, he complains of stomachache. "Do you think you are going to throw up?" "Can I Mommy?" "Yes." "Okay." Grabbed closest receptacle--dejected coffee cup on nightstand.
11:30 p.m. After barf-fest, with every towel, blanket and comforter in the house was in the process of being washed, went downstairs to do thorough, Silkwood-type rinse out of coffee cup.
Better luck tomorrow true and faithful friend.
Written by me, Jan 8, 2007. Happy Mother's Day!
Drawing found on the ever-awesome Etsy: Nateduval.
O that poor sad cup of java - i think you need one of those beer hats where there is a straw coming down from the coffee into your mouth - now that would be a good thing to have!!!!!!!
happy mom's day cutie.
Posted by: vicki grobels | May 11, 2008 at 08:22 PM
Phew. It's not just me!
LOVED this!!!
Posted by: nik | May 11, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Happy Mother's Day!! I'm not a coffee drinker but I'm a morning tea drinker and go through this same little routine everyday. I think I just like making tea or cocoa in the morning but not really drinking it.. More like a one more thing to do in my morning routine.
Posted by: daytrippingmom | May 11, 2008 at 10:11 PM