I put this right up with my Nov 11, 2010 Pancake story.
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The boys wanted waffles for breakfast. Ok, no problem. We should have enough time.
Stirred up batter, got everyone to table, realized we're out of syrup. Quick, make syrup! Got water boiling, went to add sugar; uh-oh, not enough sugar in the bin. Quick! Refill from the bulk bag. Whew, enough in the bag for syrup, but not enough to fill the bin. Mental note: buy more sugar. Start adding sugar to boiling water; uh-oh, pan's too small. Quick! Pour into bigger pan. Uh-oh, I spilled sugar water on the stovetop. Mental note: clean up later. Time to add maple extract. Uh-oh, ran out. Pull a new one out of pantry. Uh-oh, I spilled that too, but at least it was over the pan. We'll have extra maple-y syrup. Stir syrup, drop whisk on counter, make another sticky mess. Oops, burned that batch of waffles. Phooey. Okay boys, let's pray. David pours milk for everyone. Uh-oh, out of milk. Run to garage fridge for more. Go to wipe up spilled syrup on stovetop; uh-oh, forgot to turn off burner. Close call! Go to make David's lunch. Uh-oh, the last of the peanut butter just went on the waffles. Open a new one. Reach for applesauce cup; you guessed it! Out of those too. Back out to garage for more. David goes to pack his lunch. Uh-oh! Left his lunch box at school. Gonna brown bag it. Uh-oh! He forgot to do his math homework. Will have to do in car. Uh-oh! He forgot to do his spelling. And it takes a long time. And he left it at school. And he has a test today, first thing. Sorry, kid. You're gonna have to chalk that one up to experience of learning the hard way. And you're tardy. Because of syrup. My bad.
So as I'm driving home from the school, Nathan called and said, "I've been thinking about you for the last hour, wondering how your morning was going..." and I burst out laughing.
