Seen Today
On this mostly typical day in Michigan, what I have seen includes:
Sunshine. Rain.
Firefox freeze up twice. Part of dinner burn once.
Thirty-five Arabic women trying to read the question: What did May get for her birthday? Three of them succeeding.
Thirty-five Arabic women trying to answer the question: What did May get for her birthday? Eighteen of them succeeding.
Eila sucking on her toes. Josiah sucking on Eila’s shoes.
Josiah licking a gate. Eila licking Josiah.
Josiah asleep in a shopping cart, falling over. Eila asleep on Josiah in the stroller.
Eila eating yogurt that she previously ate and spit back into her bowl. Josiah spitting out all of his rice cereal and not eating anything.
Eila sucking on a sprinkler that has been in the garden since last spring. Josiah sucking on my chin.
Josiah sleeping peacefully in his crib. Eila saying “stuck!” & laying next to Josiah who was screaming in his crib.
A knife falling on my finger and leaving only a papercut.
Fifteen emails. One instant message. Over twenty websites.