Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: Juxtaposition

I am the Mum.
If life was a circus, I would be the plate-juggling lady with monkeys on her shoulders who stands on one leg on a horse's back as it canters around the ring.

I am the Writer.
I use too many commas, dashes and dot-dot-dots, and I often start sentences with conjunctions because I like my blog to look the way it sounds in my mind.

I am the Hero.
Life is a bit like a superhero action comic, except that the superheroes are tiny children dressed in super-suits who possess no actual powers, while I just get them food, break up fights and clean their super-suits.

06 October 2008

Juxtaposition

We're eating under the deck, with the mosquitoes.

We're preparing our food in the garage, near the car.

We're washing our dishes in the laundry tub, which at different times of the day, is used to wash dirty pants (and germ control adds so much extra to dishwashing time.)

The spaghetti is stored near the air conditioner, the drinking glasses and sharp knives are in my clothes cupboard and the spirits and caustic cleaning products are beside the kids DVDs, tightly contained (oh please let the containment be tight enough! I just won't invite Peanut over in the next week!)

Oh save me.

9 comments:

Hippomanic Jen said...: I hope everything is cope-with-able for the next week. Keep your eyes on the prize, mate-o-mine. I'm thinking of and praying for you like crazy.; 06 October, 2008 17:20
Swift Jan said...: Dont fret my friend.... the time will indeed come... and you will get a break from it tomorrow night!; 06 October, 2008 18:06
Carissa(GoodnCrazy) said...: I've just caught up on the last few posts and.....THE KITCHEN? Oh my! yikes. Enjoy the deck eating and the mosquitoes. Hope your neck is better from the interpretive dance and all....Ha!; 07 October, 2008 00:33
Jen said...: Um yeah that sounds awful. I just hope that in your dismay your don't get confused and grab some caustic cleaner when you were really hoping from some wine. That would not be good.; 07 October, 2008 09:10
Allegro ma non troppo said...: Hang in there! You're nearly done!; 07 October, 2008 14:23
Allegro ma non troppo said...: By the way, I love calling this post 'juxtaposition'. If I remember school english right, that's the act of placing things next to each other that don't belong together, isn't it?; 07 October, 2008 14:25
Tracy P. said...: This is a perfect opportunity for discovering just how versatile the spaces in your home really are! Yeah, that's it.; 07 October, 2008 23:01
Swift Jan said...: THe photos add so much more!

ANd for the record... you know too many big words! HAHAHA; 08 October, 2008 07:45
Hippomanic Jen said...: Yep, definitely better with the photos. Glad you've got a camera again.; 08 October, 2008 17:54

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06 October 2008

Juxtaposition

9 comments: