Remember when you couldn’t wait for your child to say those first words? Words like, “Mommy, Daddy, or gimme the remote!” Fast forward about 11 years and what do you hear? NOISE! EXPLOSIONS! If your kids are anything like my tweens, you are no longer living in the quiet zone.
We have entered into the a new orbit. I don’t know if it’s an elliptical orbit or what the heck it is! Why not? Cause I can’t hear or read a thing over the babble and noise.
So why is it that they have to talk incessantly? Do they just adore the sound of their own voices? Is this some sort of calculated, military precision babble that is orchestrated to rip that last shred of sanity from Mommies In Orbit?
Friends have told me their kids are wired up and barracaded in their rooms listening to music, only to venture out when their food supply is dangerously low. Now this sounds logical to me. I would acutally pay them for this type of behavior. How much? Name it!
There seem to be certain times of day that are worse. Dinner time is the loudest and most challenging. Channel Chick wants to be in the lead the entire time, winning the babblemania game, and she does! Rocket Boy gets so frustrated at his sister that he stomps out of the room mumbling something about girls and how they never seem to shut up!
So when will the silence return to my little corner in space? Perhaps when they both rocket off to college, which is in how many light years? Wait, I need something a lot sooner, isn’t Sir Richard Branson ready to launch some ordinary folks, like me and you, into space? Mommies In Orbit is getting on board! Please join me.
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“Tickets cost $200,000 and deposits start from $20,000. If you are interested in discussing your reservation with us directly please fill in the booking form below and we will be in touch as soon as possible to answer any questions you may have. Or you can contact one of our Accredited Space Agents around the world.”
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I have 3 girls….13, 11, 9, and oh boy do I know where you are coming from! The babble is CONSTANT. My husband has this glazed look on his face while we eat dinner. I can tune it all out pretty well but I'm thinking he needs to book one of those space flights!