Reflections : One Cup Of Coffee-Extremely Personal Post

I made ONE cup of coffee this morning. I hate making coffee for one. It comes out cold and flavorless.

I could not sleep at all last night, my husband left to the airport at 1.00 pm. I thought I'd get some sleep after his plane leaves at 3.00, but by then there was only 3 hours left before I had to wake kids up and get them ready to school, so it wasn't really worth it. I can never get any sleep when the kids and I are alone at home. The slightest sound can get me all agitated and worried, and those water turtles they just dont settle down and sleep do they? And how about our old lady neighbor? what's an old woman like that doing awake after 1.00 pm? isn't it way past her bed time?I've decided I really hate having an old lady live right under our apartment, (YES, I'M MEAN,shoot me!!) But screaming voices from egyptian series resonating through my house all night long is not exactly my idea of relaxation.

As expected, I fell asleep less than an hour before my alarm rang, and I had to rush things ready to get kids to school on time, we are always late, even with the two of us racing through the morning, so how am I expected to do it by myself. We were late, but managed to get my daughter in the school gate seconds before the janitor locked it, otherwise, I would have had to do the walk of shame from the school's main gate to her classroom and apologize for being late, AGAIN!

I miss my husband already and counting days till his return..5 days from now ( AGAIN, I'M SPOILT, CAN'T HANDLE BEING ALONE FOR EVEN A FEW DAYS, SHOOT ME NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY) I felt weird ordering just one cup of coffee from Cups and Kilos before heading to work,my coffee at home turned icy cold before I had teh chance to drink any of it, and this turkish coffee we have in the office does nothing to wake me up, absolutely nothing, and gives me heartburn, so unless someone is ready to read my cup, then I usually pass. and how weird is that that people actually do stick those bumper stickers on their cars: "I buy my coffee from Cups and Kilos"? They do a great job, I know, but so does "Shaher" with my laundry, so would I want to stick this on my car: "I do my laundry at Shaher's?"

Sipping on my coffee in the car, and pasing by my kids school again, I saw this mom who I always bump into there. She just carries her children around like an accessory, I've decided. She's always walking and looking around at people, checking out what reflections her image leaves in their faces. Never having a bad hair day, never with the same handbag two days in a row. And today, she has her dog with her, dropping kids off to school..HOW CUTE! iffffff well maybe if she went a bit easier on her hair and makeup this morning, she might have been able to avoid having her child miss the first class. And the dog, what's with the dog? Didn't she ever hear that even Mary's lamb was kicked out of school? and HE's a celebrity! She's really into this Legally Blonde role, it seems, except Witherspoon did not match her pink stillettos with her eye shadow, nor with her bling bling handbag and track suite. (Track suite, stilettoes?no matter how many other women you see doing this, this just does not make it right!!)

I made it to the office, finished my coffee, had some mint tea, did not pass on the turkish coffee, inspite of the heartburn and the absence of any coffee cup fortune tellers, did not do much work, hardly concentrated long enough to type this post, talked to my husband twice, sent each other 6 messages, and will be rushing back home to pack my bag and head to mom's..I certainly need to get some sleep tonight.