you may be too young (or too old) to remember this, but there used to be a commercial for a bubbly soap called calgon in which a world of troubles is transformed into paradise just by entering into a bath full of calgon bubbles. i had a similar experience this morning. the new kid woke me up at 6 by persistent screaming. . .which didn't really stop until about 7:40. sometime around 7 i turned on the exhaust fan in our bathroom, cranked on the shower and had an irish spring transformation. only instead of paradise, i was transported to that place in science fiction movies that looks exactly like home but is actually the opposite of home. in this place, there are no screaming children, but only peace and tranquility. unfortunately, this false reality only lasts the length of the shower (roughly 12 minutes) and i was quickly transported via the mothership back to the world of a screaming child and an older child wanting to be read to. this is actually an improvement over the peaceful "other-world". i can believe this existence. i have fun reading to my son (much of the time) and i really don't mind my daughter screaming (after i wake up). . .in fact i enjoy joining in the melodious effort. we blend well together. but for roughly 12 minutes, it was nice to escape and check in on that other place. perhaps tomorrow when i get there. . .i'll read a story and scream.
more later. . .
peace and java
