Naptime Blog

Sounds funny?  Well, I am not making it up!  Today was Juliana’s first day of school and I was so proud of myself for having everything in order.  Her school supplies were all neatly labeled and bagged, her folders and notebooks and everything she needed was neatly placed in her new schoolbag, her uniform was ironed and her underwear, socks and shoes were neatly laid out for her so we wouldn’t need to scramble in the morning…  And then, I remembered the pencils.

We had forgotten to sharpen the pencils (and she needed to bring 50!), so I sent Juliana to my husband’s desk to get the electric sharpener.  She brought it back to me and I guess whoever unplugged it last time pulled it from the cord and the plug was bent (I probably did it!).  So I tried to wiggle the plug straight and get it in the outlet.  In doing so, I accidently opened the shavings tub and YUCK!  Pencil shavings ALL OVER MY BED!

I didn’t want to move (I had shavings all over me, too, so moving an inch would have made it worse!), so I asked Juliana to get the vacuum.  She brought it in and I grabbed the hose to vacuum all the shavings off my legs and my nice clean comforter (well, it was!).  I was cleaning the shavings when I heard a strange noise and started smelling something burning.  When I shut off the vacuum I realized my favorite flip flops were under it, and the left flip flop was now in pieces!  In the garbage went the shoes, and vacuuming up the flip flop pieces was next on my list. 

Needless to say, we only sharpened five pencils.  What do they say about the best laid plans?  Hope all your children are enjoying their first day of school!