My son asked me to bake some cookies for his half birthday at
elementary school. He has a summer birthday so being able to have a half birthday
is a big deal. He was excited and asked
me to make my “famous” chocolate chip cookies. I’ve been baking these cookies
since I was a kid so it’s not rocket science – normally not rocket
science. It turned out it was rocket
science! It was way too much for me to do after work, dinner, laundry, homework
assistance etc. It was a complete
debacle- total loss - a big FAIL. Give the mommy an F.
Somehow during the process and all the help I was getting, we
ended up putting an extra cup of flour into the mix. The cookie dough was
more like a hockey puck then a cookie. Sadly, the big batch of dough went in
the trash.
I ended up at the local bakery at 7:45 a.m. before school
started to pick up sugar cookies for his party. It all ended up being OK and my
son entertained his teacher with our antics – I got a funny email from her
today telling me that we are hilarious. I have to agree. It just goes to show that that work life balance everyone is
always talking about is never easy – for me it doesn’t exist. It’s the 60/40 or
70/30 or the 90/10 days that I have accepted. There is no 50/50 and no chance
of perfection. There are just days where you attempt a cookie and make a hockey
puck! But those days are great memories.
