Tanta gente...

... dormida en este bus de las 8 de la mañana. Mi parte vengativa le quiere echar la culpa al invierno, a su oscuridad que lentamente avanza sobre nosotros y se nos mete en los huesos... Pero no. Lo que pasa es que anoche esta gente cenó comida chatarra, y esta mañana no desayunó. Y eso lo han hecho desde que tienen memoria. Cuando el bus llega al puente, todos se despiertan, como por arte de magia. Y yo pienso cuándo será el mejor momento para comerme mi galleta Amish [m&m's y choc chip, pero es casera!!] de desayuno.

Duendes, behave!!

Any smart housewife knows that-aside from carrying hand cream in your bag-the housework should always be done in front of witnesses. You don't do it in your "spare" time, when no one else is home. You do it when everyone's around. Otherwise, it will seem like the elves came in and did the dishes, cooked, washed everything used for cooking and then some, and folded laundry and while they were at it, swept the floor.

And people always seem to forget to thank these elves for their hard work.

Hands

Any effort at eluding responsibility, pretending you don't have any -even if it's only for as long as this bus ride lasts- can be brought down by a look down. At one's hands. Especially if they are a dish-washing mom's hands. Hmph! Nothing that a little hand cream can't fix. Which of course any saavy dish-washing mom carries in her backpack.

As seen at the stop light while waiting for a bus

Or, "Tried to look busy 'til the light turned green". Or, Look Mommy, No Hands!

10 am: a woman eating cereal with milk, from a red bowl,with a red spoon. At the steering wheel of her Corolla. The light turns green. The car moves, with her still spooning her cereal. Maybe she dedicated her breakfast time to something really neat this morning. I hope.

El día se ve más bonito

Cuando se encuentra en la mochila el cuaderno que se creía olvidado. Los poderes mágicos del multi-tasking permitieron que una parte del cerebro se ocupara de poner el cuaderno en su lugar, sin que las otras partes tomaran nota.