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Recall: Supermom Cape!
- Sep 30, 2009 at 10:24 AM
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If you are one of the millions of mothers that have purchased a Supermom Cape, be warned. You may also have a faulty item...which is a terrible thing to have when you are trying to fly high above your Mommy world and suddenly crash to the ground instead.
This is my personal testimony. I have the Supermom Cape; I believe it is the Super Deluxe 900 model with extended multi-tasking capabilities (or was that over-extended multi-tasking capabilities?). I thought it was a wise purchase. I really believed it could help me do it all. I was wrong!
Since my cloning experiment had failed, I had to solely rely on my secret identity of Supermom yesterday, leaping tall piles of laundry and dishes in a single bound...trying to juggle the everyday life of wife and mother of six.
It was a blustery fall day yesterday. I picked vegetables from our garden. I made my family homemade tomato soup and baked raspberry muffins for dinner ahead of time because that is what Supermom does. I had already packed snacks for child #2's soccer team in the evening. I mentally and physically prepared for the onslaught of children to come through the door after school. I thought I was ready. I thought my Supermom Cape would see me through anything! I didn't expect my "arch nemesis" to arrive and my chocolate stash to disappear so soon.
Yesterday's itinerary: child #1 away HS soccer game at 5:00, child #2 cross country practice 3-4:30 and soccer game at 7:30, but she had to be dropped off at 7:00 and a friend picked up as well, child #3 had soccer practice 6-7:30, child #4 had soccer 5-6 and Boy Scout's at 6:30 (so did child #3, but he had to skip because of soccer), child #5 had soccer from 4-5, child # 6 should have had a nap, but didn't...
Soccer for children #4 & #5 was cancelled because of the weather. This should be a good thing. But, since I was wearing my Supermom Cape it gave me a false sense of grandeur; I was invincible! So, I re-scheduled child #3's haircut appointment because he couldn't make the "boys' group hair appointment" on Monday due to a soccer game. After haircut, I took child #2 to buy new cleats because she had blown the bottom off the shoe, not a good thing! The local athletic shoe store, however, only had two soccer cleats--not her size. So much for supporting our small town business...The shoe is now being held together by glue and tape.
This was where I suspected my Supermom Cape was having serious malfunctioning issues. Our time had suddenly dwindled to the red zone. Supermom started to unravel, trying to balance the homework assignments, proper soccer "attiring" and the feeding of children. It was time to deliver child #3 to his soccer practice, only to discover that his practice is in fact a GAME! WHAT?! I had to drive to the other side of town (hit every red light and train!) to get his uniform. I drove back across town (hit every red light and train!) and gave him his stuff. I was about out of gas, but didn't have time to stop because I needed to pick up child #2 for her soccer game. I frantically drove to the house to discover my husband had already picked up the kids. I noticed part of my dd's snack had been left behind, though, and had to deliver that to her. I finally got gas and then went back to the other side of town to my son's game after hitting all the red lights and yet another train.
I never had time to put on extra layers for this sudden winterish windy night. I turned blue. My shouts of encouragement escaped through chattering teeth. The game ended and I rushed wildly to make child #2's game--which hadn't even started because the previous game got a late start. SIGH. My husband sat on the bleacher all warm and relaxed next to me. Occasionally, he would grumble about hunger pains because there was no meat with his dinner...He is lucky my hands were petrified from the artic wind or he may have had to pry them from around his neck! The game ended and I passed out snacks. I saw someone else also pass out snacks. I thought it strange that two kids were assigned snack duty for this night.
Today I checked e-mails: I have a note from Jeremy's mom listing the remainder of the parents that have this season's snacks yet. I am scheduled for a day in October. I was perplexed...I just spent over $30 for last night's snacks and I have to do it again? I quickly tried to find this mom's last e-mail which informed me that I had snacks for last night's game. It took me a while to find the note and I started to question my sanity-again.
I found the e-mail that I had received and see it is from Jereme's mom-not Jeremy's mom-which means, child #3's team last night had ZERO snacks and child #2's team had a whole bunch of snacks! I didn't even know child #3 had a Jereme on his team!! SIGH.
This e-mail was also in my box: Kimberly Garrow, this note is to inform you that the warranty on your Supermom Cape, Super Deluxe 900 model with extended multi-tasking capabilities, #985769403, expired at mid-night, September 29, 2009...
I see, though, that the company is also having a sale right now on the new Supermom Cape, Ultra Deluxe 1000 model...maybe today is my lucky day after all! I wonder if the company can express deliver it before the kids get home from school?!
Tags: funny, balancing life, feeling like a failure, supermom syndrome
Comments:
Today is a new day & there are lots of new supermom things to do.
SO strap on your cape and hold on tight!!!
xo xo
Great post!
lol. love it
Hysterical and exhausting. I need a nap.
that was awesome.......... I was going to buy one but now I will just save the money I was going to spend on the cape and stock up on medication instead for those days I go REALLY crazy :)
LOL....very good! OMGosh...I'm not sure how you do it...but, I think you are a SUPERMOM with or without the cape!
Ok, while things are nuts at my house, I will now be quiet.
I will also be sure to keep my cape in the closet, it doesn't seem like it is going to be much help.
Whoa my gosh....what a day for your Supermom Cape warranty to expire!! Could it be, there is another town in this world that has as much train traffic as mine??
I guess I'll put my cape in with the Goodwill items. I guess I'm going to have to start drinking cans of spinach like Popeye.
great that made me look lazy... lol
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great post!