Only Two More Days

Only two more days of five

Two more bowls of cereal

One of which will be the frosted mini-wheats I bought her today as a special treat

Two more drop offs at school

Two more opportunities to run late

Forget her backpack

Yell at her and her brother for leaving the house

Two more pick ups

Two more opportunities to ask her what she did today at music class or art class

While her brother sings or gets upset because she won’t listen to him

Two more lunches

Yogurt and

Something with peanut butter

Two more naps

Two more chances to listen to her read through the baby monitor

Two more homework sessions

Lasting ten seconds a piece

Too more days of games on PBS.com

Puzzles

Teaching the cat about adverbs

Gardening

Cooking

Eating dinner

And only one more nighttime reading of Mouse and the Motorcycle

One more performance of Aldi

Known to you as The Boxer

One more time to say

I love you

See you in the morning

And goodbye

Ten or twelve times

Amidst a smattering of kisses and

A lot of door closing

And then

It will be Friday

And there will be

Only three hundred and sixty four more days of six