I've Created a Monster

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I want to share a story with you all.

Well you all know that my daughter is very spoiled. She gets what she wants, for the most part and it is HARD and almost impossible for me to say “No” and mean it. On her bedroom door she has a sign that says, “This room belongs to the PRINCESS.” Inside her room are so many indications & references to her being a Princess. There was even a time when she refused to answer to any name except Princess.
Rightfully so, she is a Princess.

Now, my mom usually picks up the Princess in the morning to take her to the bus stop, and then she waits for the bus to come so the Princess isn’t waiting outside. A few weeks ago, my mom’s van was down for a few days, so that means, I had to take the Princess to the bus stop. The 1st day we walked and of course she didn’t like that; even though we are only 10 houses away from the bus stop. So the next day she tells me she’s ready to go to the stop and I see she has the car stared and warming up. OK, fine, we DRIVE to the bus stop and sit there for 3 min when I see the bus fly past us! Now of course the bus driver didn’t see anyone standing out there and that’s why he drove past, but I was NOT about to take her to school. Her school is not on my route to work, so the chase was on!

I asked the baby where the next stop was and she told me so I took a few side streets to bet the bus to the next stop. Because the roads were slippery and Rochester doesn't seem to believe in laying salt on the side streets, I couldn’t drive the bat mobile like I wanted to. (You all know I’m batman, right?) So, needless to say, the bus beat us to the next stop. But my baby is smart, so she told me the next two stops and I was able to get to the next one before the bus did. By the time I got to s stop, the bus driver saw no one standing there, so guess what he did. That’s right, he keep going. The wheels on the bus went round and round!


Off to the next stop. Now we are playing catch up cause the bus went around us; so I am right on his bumper. I’m flashing my high beams, blowing the horn. All that and he isn't even responding. We get close to the next stop and see that there are about 3 people standing on the corner. This means the bus has to stop. Yes! So as the bus stops, I pull up, stop, and the baby gets out. I see the people boarding the bus and my daughter is walking slowly toward the bus. I yell, “Run!” Do you know she turned, looked at me and said, “I don’t run.”

What could I say? What did I say? What did I do? I will tell you. I said nothing. I let her back in the car, sped up in front of the bus, stopped it in the middle of the road, and stopped the bus so that the Princess could get out of the car and board the bus.

*sigh*
I’ve created a monster.

You all make sure you show some love and support for Haiti and make sure you love your kids!

Peace.