My children have been home from school for a week now. I won't go into the gory details. We all have our stories, don't we? Last week I was watching Oprah and she and Goldie Hawn were talking about finding true happiness. What in life makes us happy. Oprah swears having time alone and being quiet will raise you up, bring inner peace, be good for your spirit. Dropping my kids off at her house for a week would bring me some inner peace. But since I cannot do that, I decided I would try some silence.
So for my first attempt I did as Oprah suggested I locked myself in the bathroom.
5:05 pm Shut bathroom door.
5:05 pm Knock at the door and it opens, thought I locked it.
Cooper: "Mom why are you sitting on the toilet all dressed?"
Me: "Please shut the door!"
Cooper: "okay but can you get me a drink? I haven't had one for all day." Sticks his tongue out to show me just how dehydrated he really is.
One millisecond later:
Drake "MOM! MOM! Where are you?"
ME:
Drake: "MOM!? " Door opens and a surprised 8 year old stares. "What are you doing sitting on the toilet like that?"
ME: "Privacy! Can I have some privacy in my own bathroom?"
Drake "Okay but you're doing it wrong. And can you tell Cooper to leave me alone? He keeps bothering me, saying stuff like..."
I get up and shut the door on him. I can hear him still talking through the door but it is muffled enough that I pretend not to hear. I look at my watch I have spent a minute in the bathroom and I have succeeded in having one millisecond of silence. I think Oprah asked for just one minute a day. She said give her just one minute. I guess she really doesn't know how long a minute can be in a house with three kids. Oh well there is always tomorrow...
