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What was that? Something just went whizzing by at just under the speed of light.
Oh, that was Marti. School starts today.
Just got the girl-child onto the bus. You know, the one the school newsletter said would leave the bus barn in ten minutes. C’mon, I didn’t get this old bein’ stoopid. LOL I’ve been puttin’ youngens on that bus for twenty years.
ME: “Come on girl! We have to drive down to the end of the driveway.”
GIRL: {{Still performing ablutions in the bathroom}} “It’s not time yet!”
ME: “Yes it is! Look at the clock!” (Note: This is the clock I set ahead four minutes, in preparation for this moment *snicker*. Clock manipulation is one of the many artifices in the prepared mother’s bag of tricks.)
GIRL: “Ack!”
ME: {{must not chuckle must not chuckle}}
GIRL: {{Dashing towards door}} “So let’s GO!”
Go we did. Slowly at first, until we reach the crest where we can see the street. The street where a big yellow rooftop lurks.
GIRL: “Ack! Go faster!”
We are already going 25 miles an hour down the gravel roadbed. If I speed up we will hit that last bump near the end of the driveway and launch OVER the bus, a la Dukes of Hazzard. Since I’m not wearing my cut-off short-shorts and a bandana printed shirt tyed jauntily under my breasts, I decline. We still managed to get her safely up the rubber-cleated steps. The driver grins and waves to me. A new year begins.
I return to the house to learn that…ACK! (A good “Ack“ LOL) I have been profiled on Third Age Blog by BlogHer featured speaker, Yvonne Divita!
Please swing over there and read the interview! Right now I have to go reset all of the clocks, the boy has to get up for work before long….LOL!
Hope all of you have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by!
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I’ll have to remember the clock trick for when mine learns to tell time!
August 17th, 2006 at 9:58 am
Yay Marti! I just read your interview on ThirdAge Blog - truly, it makes me want to go out and buy your book (which I will, btw. *grin*) And THANK YOU for the mention, but truly girl, YOU did the work, not me. You deserve that cover art credit, NOT me. You’re a sweetie for saying something though.
GOOD LUCK on your book, Marti! I LOVED the excerpt and can’t wait to read more. You truly do have the gift of humor.
August 17th, 2006 at 11:23 am
Hell, I never know what time it is from looking at the clocks in my house. They are ALL set fast from anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes. So time in my house is most certainly “relative”.
Chris
My Blog
August 17th, 2006 at 11:39 am
Like your site and many thanks for your encouraging comments on my site!
August 17th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
I always tend to set my clock around 15 minutes advance but since I know it’s advance I always take my time and still ending up late.
August 17th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
By the way, are you using akismet coz i think it swallowed. I already sent a comment on Akismet on why all of my comments are swallowed by them when in fact I am not a spam.
August 17th, 2006 at 6:26 pm
Hi Marti, congrats on the book being published, hope it’s a huge success.
August 18th, 2006 at 6:38 am
I just read the interview & I’m very impressed. If I ever get off my butt and actually write a book (instead of just fantasize about it), I know where to come for advice. You go, girl!
August 18th, 2006 at 9:48 am
thanks for stopping by my mom’s site, she is unbelievably excited that someone commented on her blog!
August 18th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Thankyou so much for actually reading and replying to my blog. It is such a goof for me. Kristie made me do it and now I think I am hooked. I have such a convoluted life and then I read your blog for today and I liked the laugh. I guess that is what this is all about. I am glad you enjoy Kristie’s blog. It is funny that I never was aware to read it. I probably shouldn’t. She needs her space to vent. I already did the chase the schoolbus relays….
August 18th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
Great interview, Marti! I am on a tight budget these days, but I do plan to buy your book the moment my purse allows me to. It sounds like such a fun read! I wish you lots of sales.
August 19th, 2006 at 2:02 am
You sound busier than a one-armed paper hanger.
You also need a few clocks with remote controls.
Save you some time anyway.
Glad the girl-child made the bus.
~m
August 20th, 2006 at 7:09 am
Woo Hoo! Way to go, Marti! Got a review on your book. I’m gonna have to seriously check that out. You go, girl!
August 20th, 2006 at 1:35 pm