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October 17, 2006
The Wisdom of CinderJanie
First, a bit of context.
Last weekend, in preparation for a guest's visit, I needed to clean the bathroom. With everything going on (working 18+ hours a day managing the Big Idea, trying to manage a social life, etc.), I needed to make the most of my manpower, lest I have to crawl under the unwashed covers and cry. To I turned to a child.
I convinced Janie to "play Cinderella". She would be CinderJanie and clean the bathroom floor, and I would be her sister and clean the bathtub while I took a shower. She took to the idea like a duck to water, making me wonder why I hadn't thought about this tactic before.
[scrubbing the floor] "What should I do after I'm done with this?"
[scrubbing the tub] Well, CinderJanie, perhaps you could go make some outfits for your mice friends, or go sing to yourself in the attic.
"No! I mean, what OTHER jobs should I do?"
Well, you could go rub Grandad's smelly feet…
"And?"
And then you could give the cats a bath…
"And THEN?"
And then you could wash and fold all of my laundry.
"That is a LOT of work!"
Well, CinderJanie, you have a very hard life.
"You do too, CinderJen. We BOTH have very hard lives."
Yes, CinderJanie, we do.
[Incidentally, my bathroom floor has never looked so clean.]
Comments
MOSI and I have decided you are a horrible person.
We LOVE it.
Posted by: mr. bad apologies at October 18, 2006 01:30 AM
