Past Due Poo

Dear Lily,

This is a note to yourself just in case you forget what you've learned tonight and need to be reminded not to be lazy (and perhaps stupid).

There are some things that can be covered up and made new, like make-up that I slept in (just a bit of concealer under the eyes and another layer of mascara and I'm off) or hair that has no time to be washed (flat iron it once again) or even the clothes I took off and left out and liked enough to put on again the next day (if I'm going to be in different company, of course - minus my family.  They get to see the 'real' me).

Before you go thinking I'm nasty, I'll tell you that these are new mom tricks (I'm going to consider myself a new mom until my kids go to Jr. High).

One thing I've discovered doesn't hold up as well is cat litter.  Some time this week, I noticed the cat litter was "ripe" but I was in too much of a hurry (and an avid, lazy avoider) so I tried a quick fix:  just put a ton more new litter over all the nasty poops and pees and forget about it.  Days later, I pushed the fix out of my head and wondered what the "crap" smelled so nasty.  Ah, yes.  Now I remember.  And now it smells like a pig farm in my house.  I had to clean cat litter that was like a 7 layer bean dip.  It was so foul, I thought about throwing up on top of it just to make it easier on the senses.

So, Lily, please remember this lesson.  Just clean the cat litter today or you'll be sorry tomorrow.  Also, try to take a shower more often.

Now I'll go have the glass of wine that I bribed myself with in order to make myself clean the litter that was like an archaeological dig... with just as much petrified poop.

Cordially,
The Pooper Scooper