Why aren't you mixing your cereal??

So, Maddie must have had every family member comment on her cereal decisions this morning. While she was trying to munch on her banana nut cheerios in peace, every single one of us interrupted to wonder why she had not mixed in some chocolate cheerios as well. By the time the third one of us had asked her the same question, she looked ready to blow. I could see the veins in her neck tense up as I tried to inch further away from her clutching my yogurt and granola for dear life..

Obviously, neither Maddie's breakfast nor mine was particularly interesting today. Like I said, who has time for creativity when you're on auto pilot simply trying to make it to school on time?

One person who did have time for an interesting meal, though, was mother. She threw the leftover stir fry into the microwave to eat that for breakfast. I'll admit that I was slightly jealous since that was some prime stir fry. We're talking chicken, veggies, water chestnuts, and toasted almonds with noodles in a delicious saucy mixture here. I'd eat that stuff all day long if I could. I was also a little surprised that nobody ate any of the leftover pork tenderloin, chicken pesto, baked potatoes, apple crisp, apple pie, or a handful of roma tomatoes that were just chilling in the kitchen. I was almost certain that one of those were bound to show up in today's blog entry. WHAT IS GOING ON?

Just when I thought that things were going to be relatively normal, the dog decided to spend fifteen minutes licking a dirty wash cloth. Mmmmmm. I didn't see it, but the cat probably caught a fly or ate one of the aloe plants for her little kitty breakfast.

Yes, only in the Dawson house would one be able to use the above as evidence of things returning back to "normal".