Daily Work Interuptions and Poop
August 12, 2009 – 3:14 pmAs I was nearing the end of an exhausting workday in my home office I realized that I’ve let the house “go” over the summer, thanks to a kicked up work schedule and a parade of children through my house. I made a mental note that house cleaning was next, once I finished yet another mediocre masterpiece…still needed to find the words to describe foods to eat on a low carb diet when…what was that smell?
Could I have let the house go so bad that the pungent smell of excrement waffled through the house into my home office? Now I was grossed out and worried that my house was dirtier than I thought, when my 8 year-old daughter Catherine announced that she smelled poop and it was coming from our one-year old Labrador Retriever, Alley.
First Catherine shrieked, and as I tried to maintain razor sharp focus on work, her screams and shrieks of Alley getting poop everywhere prompted me to spring from my chair and assess the situation.
Yes, my dog reeked and it was bad. She’s a black Lab so I couldn’t see the actual poop but she needed to be washed immediately. Alley, much like a bucking Bronco, first played chicken with me for about five minutes in the living room racing around coffee tables and bobbing and weaving away from every meager attempt to catch her. The entire time I felt as if I were chasing a large piece of poop as the smell worsened.
I finally latched the leash on her and leaned all of my body weight into dragging her into the back yard for a bath under the hose. Of course the South Florida August heat didn’t make bath time any more pleasant but I managed to suds her up with my husband’s nicest smelling shampoo and rinse poopy girl.
At least I can rest a little easier knowing that my housekeeping hasn’t fallen too far off the wagon. O.k….now what was I doing before this happened?
Gina Ragusa is a freelance writer and mom from sunny (and sometimes not) South Florida. Her 15 year experience ranges from writing about banking to tattoo parlors.
3 Responses to “Daily Work Interuptions and Poop”
That sounds kind of funny, but I know what an awful feeling that is. Trying to concentrate while the kid is shrieking. And feeling guilty that you’re working instead of mothering full time. Then finding out that while you’re working, more work is being made for you and having to go take care of that. Then coming back and trying to pick up where you left off. And hope there is not another interruption in 2 minutes! It can be so frustrating and often leaves me feeling like I do neither job as well as I should be. Kind of unsatisfying, but in these times, I really have no choice.
By Sherry WAHM Blogger on Aug 16, 2009
I know just how you feel! I am trying to run my online baby boutique with a 10 yr old computer and dial up internet!!!
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The other night, I was trying to upload products (it takes me about 20 minutes per item) and had 5 different windows up when my husband said he needed the phone for a minute…AARRGGH! It took me 30 more minutes just to get my windows up again once I signed back in and another 30 minutes to “get into the groove of things” again. I really need DSL!! (it’s not available where I live
By Lynette on Sep 11, 2009