The Lighter Side

Ever have one of those days where everything seems to go wrong? Well last Sunday/Monday was one of those days. It was so bad that I ended up not sending the kids to school because I was a total write-off. Of couse, beacuse the kids missed school they needed an 'excuse' the next day. My dad always told that it is important to tell the truth..so that is exactly what I did. The result was the following letter:

Dear Mrs. X,
Please excuse the absence of Stephanie and Michael from school on Monday 21st, February 2005.

This was due to the confluence of many unfortunate events..beginning with the unexpected death of Chris's aunt on Sunday morning; continuing with Andrew bringing the kids home after 10 pm that night due to bad planning and terrible traffic, and culminating in the cat using our bed as its loo at about 2 am! Result being mass chaos, much frantic cleaning and not much sleep on Sunday night.

Even the neighbourhood dogs set up a barking brigade to make sure we were thoroughly zombified!

Monday morning dawned and we did not.

It eventually turned out to be and exasperating day dealing with overtired, miserable kids. At least the cat had the sense to make like Bin Laden and disappear!

Thank you for your understanding. With such an "auspicious" start, hopefully, the week can only get better.

Yours sincerely,

Sharon Arrindell