Last week we had a mighty, mighty storm over Auckland! I was very sound asleep (thank you wine) when at 12.03am a sonic boom thunder clap over our house. It sounded more like a freight train slamming into the house. I know not why, but I bolted out of bed and half asleep, decided to checkout where the noise had come from.
In the meantime, at the other end of the hallway Alex had got a huge fright as well and like a heat seeking ferret, had run for her mother. Our hallway is 19 metres long and it was pitch black, mid storm. So without a hint that anyone else was running down the hallway, we smacked into each other. Her cheekbone caught my nose and under my eye, at which point through the pain, I realised it was only her and not some home invasion who had gained access with a Mac Truck. It seriously hurt, but strangely enough I got the giggles, what 19 year old and what mother of a 19 year old has to check each other out just because there is thunder and lightening??? Serves us right, we need to examine those apron strings, me thinks......
The downside is my black eye. Previously I could have made some vague reference to sport and got away with a black eye at school, but not so much now. The story will have to come out and all other mothers of 19 year olds will go..... SERIOUSLY?????
In the meantime, at the other end of the hallway Alex had got a huge fright as well and like a heat seeking ferret, had run for her mother. Our hallway is 19 metres long and it was pitch black, mid storm. So without a hint that anyone else was running down the hallway, we smacked into each other. Her cheekbone caught my nose and under my eye, at which point through the pain, I realised it was only her and not some home invasion who had gained access with a Mac Truck. It seriously hurt, but strangely enough I got the giggles, what 19 year old and what mother of a 19 year old has to check each other out just because there is thunder and lightening??? Serves us right, we need to examine those apron strings, me thinks......
The downside is my black eye. Previously I could have made some vague reference to sport and got away with a black eye at school, but not so much now. The story will have to come out and all other mothers of 19 year olds will go..... SERIOUSLY?????
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