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- Sanity in tact: barely
So I finally finished chapter two. I'm not getting much done here. “Fine, we’ll have bologna sandwiches,” she said to the room in general. She gently put Austin down and kissed his head.“I don’t want bologna,” Connor screamed from the next room. “I hate bologna. I hate you!” With that he slammed his door. Amy felt like screaming herself. So far her morning had been miserable. First Holly had woken her at 4am screaming about nothing. Amy had run to her, fearing the worst but once she was in the room Holly quit crying and started babbling happily. She had spent 40 minutes trying to convince Holly to go back to sleep but every time she got near the door Holly started wailing again. After they almost woke Carys Amy gave up and took her into the living room. She only managed to stay awake until a little after 5 then reluctantly let her eyes close while she laid on the sofa. When she woke again the sun was flickering through the cracks in the blinds and Holly was no where to be seen. In a second panic set in. Amy had jumped up frantically searching the living room for the baby. She found Holly curled up under the computer desk, her leg tangled in the cords. She had quietly and as gently as she could untangled her leg and lifted her out from under the desk. Holly just smiled sweetly but never opened her eyes. Amy wondered how long she had been under there. She didn’t remember her ever crying after they went into the living room and she was sure she would have heard her. She put Holly back in her crib in the girls’ room and tucked her favorite green flannel blanket around her. She watched as Holly tried to get comfy on the cold plastic mattress, switching her head from side to side and moving her right arm from next to her body to above her head. Finally she arched her back and half rolled on her right side. That seemed to satisfy her because she didn’t move again except to let out a little sigh.Amy tried to creep down the hall to the bathroom but it was useless. As soon as the boys heard the floor creak outside their room they were awake. The day just got more hectic after that. It was only 6:15 when the boys had caught her on her way to the bathroom. She tried to distract them from breakfast for an hour but it didn’t work. So she gave in and poured two bowls of Lucky Charms for them. Of course, just the act of getting out the bowls started the first argument of the day. Austin wanted the green bowl, not the blue. Once Connor saw that Austin was getting the green one he wanted it too. So Amy got out another green bowl but it wasn’t the right color green, but it was the only green bowl left. She started the coffee for Daryl and started the dishes. At 7 she heard Daryl’s alarm clock go off. He stomped down the hall grumbling about all the noise the kids had been making.After breakfast Amy had sent the boys off to clean up their room, which meant they were probably coloring on the walls in the living room. At 7:15 Daryl came out of the bathroom and grabbed his coffee without a word to Amy. A few tears trickled down her cheeks as she washed the morning bowls from the kids’ cereal. She long since quit trying to stop the tears. At 7:30 Daryl came out of the bedroom dressed for work and left after giving the boys a quick hug and waving to Carys. Amy gave up on the dishes a little after that and had tried to sit and watch the news but it was no use. Holly chose that moment to start screaming again so Amy got out the bananas and the oatmeal and made up a quick breakfast for her, too.That was the start of most days for Amy. By 10 am the boys were bouncing off the walls and wanted to go to the park. Amy had done the dishes, ran to the basement to put in a load of laundry, folded Daryl’s work clothes, vacuumed the living room and picked up toys from the hall and stairs three times. It was hot and sticky in the house and she was ready to get out, too so a quick trip to the park seemed like a good idea at the time. Of course she had chosen a time when “Little Miss Perfect” held court.Now she stood in the kitchen with two screaming kids surrounding her and a third yelling about how much he hated her and a forth crying in her room and all Amy could think about was going to bed. Her temples were throbbing and she felt like her left eye was going to pop right out of her head from the pressure. Connor came out of his room to make sure Amy knew he did not want bologna, because screaming from the other side of the wall wasn’t loud enough.“THAT IS ENOUGH!” she screamed at the top of her lungs. The sudden volume increase caught the kids off guard. Suddenly the room was filled with nothing but the ticking of the clock and the soft hum of the refrigerator kicking on. Even Holly seemed to understand and was momentarily quiet. It lasted 2.6 seconds, exactly. Then Carys let out a cry, followed by Austin and Connor. “We are having bologna and cheese and if you don’t like it you don’t have to eat it but I’m not making anything else so you better eat it if you are hungry and that is it. Any objections?”All three kids shook their heads and Amy slapped a piece of Oscar Meyer bologna on bread for each kid, followed by a nice, neat, individually wrapped, processed slice of cheese. She topped it all off with a sprinkle of gold fish crackers that covered the sandwich and spilled over onto the plate. Amy tried to get the dishes done again but wasn’t making much head way on them. Half the sink was taken up by a frying pan that Daryl had tried to cook some bacon in and was no soaking in some grease cutting dish soap without much effect. She kept dropping dishes in while she rinsed them causing her to rewash and repeat. When the kids were done with their sandwiches Amy gave up on the dishes again.“Let’s go watch a movie,” she suggested instead.“Yay!” Connor and Austin yelled together.“Let’s watch Toy Story,” Connor said.“No, I wanna watch Wittle Mermaid,” Austin countered.“Mermaids are for girls.”“Uh-uh.”“Are to.”“Are not.”“Are to.”“Are--” (Well you know how this one goes.)
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