Alleypat / Patty Pulsar

Wombat's World

(fast draft for NaNoWriMo) The day started like any other day. Joe snuck the Halloween candy that I told him not to. Jacob ate his breakfast and Joe's but forgot his lunch. I woke up late to boot. I hate rushed mornings. Ever try to rush a sleepy seven and six year old? It ain't pretty. Looking back at the day, I wish I could rush every morning. I wouldn't mind, if I could just be with my boys again. Yell at them, fix their peanut butter and jelly on white, hear them complain about how they don't want to go to school and me complain about how I don't want to go to work. But that's a lie. I wanted to go to work. I never wanted to get out of bed, but once I'm awake, I had to admit, I _wanted_ to get to work as soon as I could. This project had kept us coming in early and staying late for years now and it finally began to pay off. Little things, yes, but we were making progress. We accomplished small steps this year. Could mark checks by ...