Mama's Losin' It

I’m choosing to be late on this writer’s workshop, but I can’t seem to schedule time for fun stuff.  I have to just grab the time when I can (you know, when the baby’s asleep).

Out of the 5 prompts, I want to write about prompts:

2.) The strangest dream ever…
(inspired by Amo from Where A Woman Shakes Her Tablecloth.)

3.) Write a list of 10 things that can be done to stave off boredom.
(inspired by Lourie from CA Girl).

Just a few nights ago when I was able to snatch a couple hours of sleep (rare, considering my baby is a high needs baby), I had a dream that instead of having one baby girl, I’d actually had a set of twin girls. In my dream I was feeding my baby when I heard a baby whimper from another room. I put my baby down on my bed and went into the nursery where I found a small baby curled up under a blanket. I picked this baby up and noticed how puny the baby looked. She was pretty, but looked very starved. I took the baby to My Sweetie and asked him where the baby came from and he told me that it was our baby.

I remember shaking my head and beginning to cry. I told him there was no way that I’d forget about one of my kids and I’d definitely not let one of them starve like this baby. The baby was looking up at me and smiling. I quickly put the baby to breast. I woke up feeling overwhelmed with emotion. After thinking over the dream, I feel like it was because I sat and watched some of the happenings in Haiti. I am shaken over all those children with no one to take care of them. It makes me appreciate my lot in life. I have more than I’ll ever need.

Ok – I have to get that dream out of my head.

Here are my 10 ways to avoid becoming bored:

  1. Top thing to do is visit someone in your family that you don’t like. The more you dislike them the better. (For any family reading this – I’m not referring to you.) You’ll be sure to entertain yourself for hours doing this. It’s even better if this family member dislikes you too.
  2. Throw a cat into an empty garbage can (the really big ones). Watch the cat try to climb out.
  3. Get 2 dogs together and throw one bone to them and watch to see which dog gets the bone. Be sure to have another bone for the loser. There’s no reason to be mean to an animal.
  4. Wrap tape around all 4 feet on a cat. (My Sweetie showed me this. I should have known then that this small town didn’t offer much in the way of entertainment.)
  5. Watch for your neighbor to be busy outside, call their phone (disable caller id before dialing their number), and hang up when they answer. Wait until they go back outside and repeat. (I have family that lives on both sides and I wouldn’t do this to them, or would I?)
  6. Play Xbox 360. Prefer Battlefield: Bad Company online against 23 people you hope you never see face to face after knifing them in the back.
  7. Download a romantic book from http://ebooks.eharlequin.com.
  8. Draw and color pictures, scan them into your computer, and make them your desktop background. If you’re real good, build a website and give them away for free or sell them.
  9. Start playing a game on Facebook.
  10. Write a blog about your life or about other people’s life.