A Morning In the Life

It's 8:10am, my girls are not yet dressed and their bus will arrive at 8:25am. They have two speeds: slow and stop. Rain is trying to push clothes for Cass under the bathroom door. Cass is yelling from the bathroom "No, not that one". I open the door to see Cass in nothing but underwear attempting to pull a shirt over her head. I take her into the den to her dresser and find pants for her, but no socks. I ask Rain to look for socks in the clean clothes basket we haven't sorted, folded or put away. I throw my jeans and some socks on telling the girls to go put their shoes on. I approach the landing to see Rain with her ski-doo boots on and Cass with one shoe on and the visible foot without a sock on it. I look at Rain "I though I asked you to get her socks". She responds "Oh yea. I got the umbrellas". Which is all fine and good if it were raining which it's not. I ask her to get socks. Meanwhile Cass has managed to change her long sleeve shirt to a t-shirt so I try to find a sweater for her. Rain comes back with two different socks which at this point no longer matters to me. I put them on Cass and find a sweater that fits her. I get their coats on, mittens, backpacks and I can hear the bus approaching. "Run!!!!" I yell as I grab them by the hands and race across the street (looking both ways) to just make the bus on time. As I re-enter the house I see my reflection in the mirror on our landing. I forgot to put a hat on and my hair is standing in a semi-mohawk. My eyes are sleep covered and I have coffee stains all over the front of my shirt. And I think "I forgot to brush their hair".