A
man came home from work and found his 5 children outside, still in
their pyjamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers
strewn around garden. The door of his wife’s car was open, as
was the front door to the house and no sign of the dog. Walking inside he found …an even bigger mess.
A lamp had been knocked
over, the throw rug was against one wall, in the front room the TV
was on loudly with the cartoon channel, the family room was strewn
with toys and various items of clothing.
In the kitchen, dishes
filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the
fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a
broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread
by the back door.
He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys
and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she
might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with
a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As
he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys
strewn over the floor.
Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and
toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls. As he rushed
to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her
pyjamas, reading a novel…
She looked up at him, smiled and asked
how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, ‘What
happened here today?’ She again smiled and answered, ‘You know
every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the
world do I do all day?…
”Yes,”
was his incredulous reply..
'Well,' she
answered, ‘today I didn’t do it.'
