It’s around 3 am, Monday morning. Two pre-teens are standing next to my bed holding a flashlight and whispering excitedly…completely bringing me out of an exceptionally raunchy dream…
“Wha…WHAT??”
The flashlight beam is directed square into my sleepy eyes…
“We lost power!!” Both kids exclaim.
“How’s that possible?” I ask, sitting straight up in bed. I HATE losing power. HATE IT. And unfortunately…every time the flipping wind blows, the part of the subdivision that we live in loses power. For HOURS!! And boy…was the flipping wind blowing…and blowing…and…blowing!!!
FIX IT, Detroit Edison. I’m SURE you have the means…now DO IT!! Or I’m going to come and shine a flashlight into the eyes of the CEO…or whoever is in charge…at 3 am!!
Sorry…I digress…
So…after my scaredy cat kids woke us up to inform us of this little problem…
And after I got all of them back to bed…
I fell back into a restless…non-raunchy…sleep.
And woke up to a freezing cold house…
And it stayed freezing cold…
until around 5pm.
When Detroit Edison said…
Let there be light!
And there was light.
And they said…
Let there be heat…
And slowly…there was heat…
And they said…Now go and plan your daughters class holiday party…
And she…who they were speaking to said…
“Huh? But there is plenty of time…it’s on the 19th…”
Holy crap! That’s this Friday…
So they said…Ask your blog friends to help you with ideas.
And she thought this was a grand idea…
So she took the advice of those who can’t fix the power good enough to keep it running semi-permanently…
and she asks her friends for…
HELP!! Please. For the love of all things fun and holiday-ish on a fifth grade level…
I’ve got little tiny totes to decorate…to put their goodies in.
I’ve got making gingerbread houses…
but what else? A game?
HELP ME!! Because…Detroit Edison may not be able to fix the power in my area very well but…
I don’t want to embarrass my daughter by having a lousy holiday party.
Sigh…
how is it I got chosen for room mother again?
SNAP!
Because…I’m the stupid ass that volunteered!!
I have no ideas for you, sorry. I’m sure it will all turn out fine though. Good luck!
Oh my gosh, this post was so funny. I love those raunchy dreams, but not when the darn kids wake you form them.
Sorry I haven’t been by in forever, after the big move to Ky, I kind of got lazy about blogging. But now I am super lonely and blogging and facebook are my only link to a social life… sad but true.
Oh wow, it’s bad enough to get chosen, but you volunteered! Hah! (laughing AT not with) 😉
Seriously. I will put my thinking cap on because I don’t do well under pressure (it takes me FOREVER to take my turn on Scrabble).
thinking… thinking… thinking…
Could you take an existing classroom-type game and make it all “holidayed up”? Like, um, that egg on a spoon game? Except make them carry, um…let’s see…an ornament on a spoon to the other side of the classroom? Sorry, tryin’ to help!
You could drink hot chocolate and read Christmas stories! Um…if there is time have them wear their pajamas too! Musical chairs with Christmas music or Dance off with Christmas music. Bring wrapping paper and have a “who can wrap the fastest contest” with books or whatever is already in the classroom. I’m so not good at this! LOL Good luck!
music. sing songs. find a mom who sings/plays an instrument.
decorate cookies. there’s nothing that says holiday party like 10-year-olds hopped up on frosting and sprinkles!
It sure makes things hard when there is no powere – ugh!! I think you should take that flashlight to the CEOs house – tee hee – that was funny!
Have a good week – and, stay warm – Kellan
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I find this SO AMUSING!! Like laugh out loud at my desk amusing!!
At least she got him something…..kinda! 😉
tag, you’re it!!