Dawn Is Me

I was away on business this week. I left on Monday morning, after dropping Ricky off at school. So, the last time I saw him before today was Monday morning at 7:30 am.

This afternoon, I wasn’t here when he got home because David has an appointment 15 miles away in the next village. So, when I got back and saw him sitting at the dining room table, my joy at the reunion overcame me.

I walked over to the table and tried waving. Finding it surprisingly difficult to get his attention away from his math homework, I knocked on the table.

Turns out it was the mp3 player that was holding his attention, rather than the math.

Anyway, I said hi and he said hi and I said I was glad to see him, which is why I was making such a point of saying hi, since I hadn’t seen him since Monday. After all, I’d been away since Monday.

Ricky said: “Wow, I suck.”

Me replied: “Why?”

Ricky (reluctantly): “I’m ashamed to say this, Mom, but I didn’t even know you were gone.”

You know, nobody ever has to worry about me having an attack of megalomania, not while I have my children to remind me of the realities of my situation.

I’ll take comfort in that.

(Quick, Gina, what song is that from?)