Life with a boy

I forgot to turn my alarm on this morning. Maddy was kind enough to jump on my lap and wake me up at 7 am.

For those who may not know, 7 am is when I am usually pulling out of the driveway, for the 20 minute drive to Connor's school.

Yup. It already happened. I overslept.

But I am organized (even if I don't look it!) and Connor's clothes were laid out. I flew out of bed and ran through the house, calling for Connor to get up and get dressed. Fortunately, he was already awake and after throwing jeans on (no time for a bra-yeah, I felt weird) we were out the door in a record 4 and a half minutes.

He put his shoes on in the car and had a granola bar (emergency stash for just such an occasion) on the drive. He informed me that HIS alarm DID go off but since I wasn't awake, he decided to just lay in bed and read!

We made it. 3 minutes to spare no less.

Whew.


And as I started to write this, Connor came in the computer room a full 90 minutes AFTER bedtime. "Mom! Mom! I finished the book! Can we get the next one?"

Sigh. I HOPE he wakes up tomorrow.

(note, he is reading The Indian in The Cupboard series-I only knew about the first one, but apparently there are 5. 2 down, 3 to go. I HAVE to start remembering to check on him and make sure he isn't reading in bed!)