Questions...

The steam rose slowly around me, the scent of vanilla cleansing not only the air, quiet bliss...BAM,BAM,BAM,BAM,BAM!!!"MOM?! MOM??!!, I'm starving! MOM??? are you making breakfast? mom?"
deep, long, drawn-out sigh...."why yes, I am."
"No you're not, you're taking a shower."
"THEN WHY DID YOU ASK???!!!"
bye-bye bliss, buh-bye...

Honestly, it never ceases to amaze me, whether while I'm in the shower or simply trying to pee in peace, the questions never end.

BAM,BAM,BAM,BAM,BAM!!MOM? "I'm bored, what can I do?"
deep, long, drawn-out sigh...."Could I possibly finish going to the bathroom before answering that?!"

A mom shower is at most 8 minutes, any other bathroom duties less than 5, and yet...The mind of a child is fleeting, they have a question and it needs to be asked, now. A memory from yesterday pops back into view and it must be shared immediately. Ideas for the following week are bursting forth, if they don't convey their concerns right.now.all.could.be.lost!!! THE HORROR!!!

And yet, there's something to be said for speaking your mind, while it's still in there! They say a mom loses a bit of her memory with each pregnancy, after 3, I figure mine is equivalent to a chair. For example...Thursday I have a conversation with someone about a very cool, unusual extracurricular activity they are involved in...a couple days later someone else brings up the same activity and like de ja vue, I know I've been here before but when??? and who??? One entire day goes by and now I'm talking to original person from first conversation and Hey! de ja vue again!!! but now who was inquiring yesterday about this activity??!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! Trust me I'm not trying to sort through the countless conversations Ive had in a day to figure out one of 20 I've had, we're talking about one conversation with one person that I can't apparently wrap my brain around because it is mush. Which probably explains why it doesn't bother me nearly as much as you would think when the kids pound incessantly on the door to ask a question they know the answer to, when they walk away, I simply forget.