A MOTHER OF A DAY!

It goes without saying that every word a mother ever says will backfire on her sometime.

Being the Mother of the Midriff, however, words I never even DREAMT of saying still manage to jump up and bite me on the bum when I least expect it.

I come home from work and find Missy Midriff has commandeered the lounge. There are three empty carrier bags on the floor icing an assortment of books and sprinkled with several bits of cut up paper. A compass is sticking into one of the cushions of my new three piece suite.

I am tired. I've had a hard day.

I snap. "You know you're not allowed to bring your things in here. Take all this mess back to your room." "You mad cow" She responds. "You let me do bungee jumping, but I'm not allowed to do maths."

I am dead unreasonable, me.

(c) Neomie Da Costa