beverage

..lately i've had this really bad habit (worse than starbucks) of leaving things on the back bumper when i'm loading the kids in the car...open the right door.... enter noah and zach....juggle from one arm to the next, rae, the bag and her shoes (which never seem to make it on in the house??)....my coffee...and the boys ds's and well something has to give because i only have 2 shoulders 2 arms and 2 hands....still two limbs shy of an octopus.....and so things like ds's and coffee get left on the bumper...poor luke his cool black ds decalled up with hot wheel stickers was sitting on zach's which was left open.... and well when i arrived a gym a couple of days ago (a 30 min drive)... perfectly L shaped and still on the bumper was zach's ds....luke's well my only hope is that it was destroyed swiftly by the tire of a big truck.... today was juggle extreme gym drop off....old navy for school socks....getting yogurt from a little self serve place called "cherry on top" (these places are rampant here) and as i'm holding four yogut cups getting flavors and toppings anxiously hollered at me in three tones by three voices....i realize i'm slightly loud and a bit crazy as i look up and see rae on her tippy toes helping herself to a ladel full of chocolate chips "rachel jolie nooooo!" at least i whispered that if she touched it again mommy would have to give her consequences" too late the other mommies were staring at me........ how dare she yell at that big orange bowed cute little thing with her bottom lip sticking out....in my defense not a single topping hit the floor or her mouth....and within two minutes i had her happily sitting with her brubies (n and l) munching down chocolate yogurt all covered in m&m's and yes chocolate chips.... by the way what happened to yogurt shops that dispense the swirls for you...adding the ever overflowing toppings.... and handing it to the bouncy waiting child.... after that embarrassing display lets face it i needed a starbucks... so after grabbing a venti.... which we had to unload and reload to get....old city no drive thrus.... so i loaded the kids...we were on our way to retrieve zach from his two hour workout...i'm driving pretty out of it..... feeling lost... something is missing... 1,2,3 check #4 i'm on my way...didn't bring the dog...wallet check..phone check....what is it...what?...MY COFFEE!!!! not ok and of course i had left it on my bumper because i was telling myself over and over as i rounded the car to load rae...don't forget to do luke's seat belt....don't forget to buckle jukey..... he won't do it himself...don't forget.... well kids before coffee of course but still...i hadn't even sipped it.....boo hoo i know...as i'm driving up the 5 or 6th hill i'm certain it is long gone splattered in the middle of one of these streets i'm beginning to recognize.... and the thought of zach's ds enters my mind....could i be so lucky twice??? no but well it's worth a shot... so i pulled slowly over for the sake of spillage?....and on my bumper was the most beautiful sight ever...my wm upright with two little splashes on the lid.....wow like i needed one more reason to justify being part of the 100,ooo gallon club!