Wednesday, April 4, 2012

It's that time of day.

First there is this:
5:00 pm.
Sukhjot is tired and cranky, yelling and crying.  She wants to be held and she wants to dance to Party Rock and she wants to take her plastic lizard on a leash for a walk.  Satvinder is home from school, asking me why I can't be a "normal mom" who provides her with milk and cookies every day after school.  The house is officially trashed - toys and game pieces and bags and books all over the floor.  I need to make dinner.  All the stuff I didn't get done today is hanging over me.  I am exhausted.

Then there is this:
Breathe it in, Mama.  Breathe it in.

2 drops mixed with a little bit of almond oil and I'm slathering this stuff on, sucking it up like air in my nostrils.

It's 5:00 pm.

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