Odd...

I’ve noticed that the remote controls, all three, have not left the coffee table, not even to hide deep within the recesses of the couch as they have a tendency to do, all by themselves. Not one single cup has mysteriously appeared on said table either, that doesn’t belong to anyone in our household oddly enough. Not one spec of cereal, no half-eaten sandwiches, no crumbs at all have showed up around the house. Not even a plate of waffles upside down and stuck to the carpet.

There aren’t even scads of scribbled drawings showing up on paper that seems to come out of nowhere, nothing on the chalkboard has changed in the last 15 minutes much less the entire weekend. Even the most favored canvas of all, the bedroom door to the smaller room, has not had additional works added to it.

I haven’t heard a door slam in so long I think I’ve forgotten what it sounds like. No ear piercing screams followed by sudden “thwacks!”. Not even the wailing and sobbing that always follows the “thwacks!”. And most startling of all, I’ve finally come to the realization that no: toys do not move themselves from the bedrooms to the middle of the living room, kitchen, dining room, hall, bathrooms, my bedroom, my bed, my closet, my underwear drawer. Nope, not a one has moved in the last two days.

You are thinking that I’m missing my kids at this point… Wrong! Maybe tomorrow.


Fej