Circus Peanuts for breakfast

I woke up earlier than usual this morning and was wide awake.  Maybe it was because I have plans with an old friend that I haven't seen in a few years and I'm excited to reconnect.  Maybe it was because I had a GREAT night's sleep and was well rested.  Or it could be because child #3 woke up (bedroom is directly above mine) and was so noisy it felt like a thunder cloud was BOOMING directly above me.  In any case I woke up 20 minutes before my alarm is set to go off and so I grabbed my phone, checked my text messages, and the thought "you should take a shower" came drifting by.  I ignored it.  2 people have just showered this morning.  I don't DO lukewarm showers.  I DO hot 20 minute showers.  So, I scrolled my Facebook notifications and then the thought came again --you should take a shower followed by a memory from several months back when I ended up on the side of the road at 6:30am in the dark surrounded by fog holding a 2 year old little boy I'd found running down a main road barefoot in his pajamas while I called 911.  Its a long story ~ It has a happy ending ~ After the ordeal ended I realized that I was there with police officers, parents of the boy and another bystander who also saw the toddler in my pajamas with my hair askew, no shoes...only socks because I was just running child #3 to the high school that is less than a mile away.  You'd think I'd learn the lesson.

I eventually made my way to my closet to grab some shoes.  I grabbed a few Circus Peanuts from my candy stash and thought to myself "Circus Peanuts for breakfast....Yep, gonna be a GREAT day!" and glanced in the mirror.  Yeah....not a pretty site.  In fact, I clearly thought --  Good Lord you are going to scare the children -- and then dismissed the thought because I'm headed to the high school and high school students rarely make eye contact with parents so its all good.  Plus it is still dark out.  Nobody is really going to see me.

It was 10 minutes later as I was heading home with my hair askew, and no make up and my pajamas  that I saw a car on the side of the road with hazard lights flashing.  As I drove slowly by I could see two teen girls in the car and of course, living in a small town, I knew them.  That whole maternal instinct kicked right in as I turned my car around to see what had happened.  Its a long story ~ It has a happy ending.

Lesson of the Day --  Nobody cares about hair, make up and attire while being rescued.