My Morning

My morning routine as of late is pretty standard. I wake up at the last possible moment, take a shower, get the kids dressed, rush out the door, drop Meatball off at school, (Shnoogs takes Munchkin), and go to work.

So this morning, I woke up about ten minutes late. As a result, Meatball had to eat his breakfast in the car on the way to school. Fortunately, we are well stocked with convenient food for just such an occasion, so while I dressed the kids, Shnoogs heated up breakfast.

We make a good team.

She filled a plastic container with some strips of French toast and a little container of syrup and sent us on our way. I proceeded to drive to school while Meatball ate. Life was good.

He managed to finish his breakfast just as we arrived. I checked him in, got back in my car, turned on some loud music, and off I went. This was just one of those mornings where things were clicking perfectly. There was little traffic and the sunrise was shaping up to be beautiful.

At some point during the drive, I decided that I'd like to call Shnoogs and see how her morning was progressing.

I'm a safe driver. While I do have a cell phone, I was conscientious enough to get one of those hands-free earbud things so that I could talk and play with the radio while still keeping a hand on the wheel.

I pulled the ear bud from the center console only to discover that the wire was all tangled up. Managing to get the end of the wire with the ear bud itself untangled fairly quickly, I tossed that end towards the passenger seat to straighten the wire out while I worked on the side that plugs into the phone.

I was able to untangle this side quickly as well, so without fanfare, I plugged it into the phone and grabbed the other end, shoving it into my ear.

That's when I realized that the ear bud must have landed in the syrup container when I tossed it aside.

There's nothing like a good earful of maple syrup to wake you up in the morning.