Monday, May 20, 2013

Monster

   Once upon a time there was a woman.  A monster lived in her house.  It seemed harmless at first, but soon it began to grow.  Instead of fighting it off the moment she noticed it, the woman shoved it in a room.  Every now and again she would open the door just enough to peek inside. The monster never spoke. It never moved.  It only got bigger.  Every time she checked on it she gasped at its size and slammed the door.  After awhile the woman began to avoid the room all together.  If she didn't see the monster maybe it wasn't  there at all. 
No, she could feel its presence.
 She couldn't relax. 
She could barely think.
She knew it was there, waiting for her.
Straightening her shoulders, she marched to the room.  Her hand hesitated as she reached for the door knob.
"I can do this." she told herself.  She pushed but the monster had grown so large that it was leaning against the door. 
 Now that she had made her mind up to face the beast the woman wasn't about to be discouraged.  She stepped back.
She threw herself at the door.
It swung open.  Her body sailed into the room and crumpled up next to her enemy.  She could smell its stench. She could feel it curl around her.  She was going to die.  This, this thing was going to be the end of her.
The same courage that had given her the strength to open the door filled her.  She stood.  She wrapped her arms around the beast.
She forced it into the washing machine. 


I was going to write a normal post but this more accurately portrays my mood... 
I'm off to conquer my own laundry monster.  Happy Monday!

14 comments:

  1. Laundry, the bane of my existence. It really is a foul monster that NEVER goes away... It just shrinks and grows and shrinks and grows.

    Good luck in your battle!

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    1. I think it is even more evil in the summer time. All the sweat and dirt from the kids playing outside with the added towels from water fights and swimming.. It makes the monster grow at a terrifying rate.

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  2. You can scale Mt. Washmore! Keep climbing!

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  3. Ha! We all have monsters like that. Though for me it's more often the dishes....

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    1. Ooo. Dishes. They are so evil I don't even like to say the word. I've been trying to catch mine up in between loads of laundry.

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  4. That was awesome makes me want to draw a picture for it. Yes I need to go tackle my own monster.

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    1. If you ever make a laundry monster picture I want to see it please :)

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  5. Very funny. Love the descriptions, and you keep guessing what the monster is. Thought maybe trash or a bad habit, but laundry I hadn't guessed. Writer’s Mark

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    1. Oh, P.S. - I'm posting on the award you gave me, plus some others, tomorrow. :)

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  6. Ahahah Sarah! This is genius! Absolutely genius! I have to iron my monster soon now that I think about that!
    I thought it was a normal story and when you said about the washing machine I couldn't stop laughing!

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    1. I'm glad that you liked it! I had so much fun writing it.

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  7. Sarah, my laundry is OUT OF CONTROL. I manage to almost get my kids laundry done - but mine. It's not done for months and months.

    It's very sad.

    Then, it's all back again within 2 days - seriously.

    I'm a fellow homeschooling Mom and I would love to connect. I have a homeschool blogging carnival and homeschool link up - that might be a lot of fun for you. Check out my website. Both buttons are on my sidebar. Just press and presto - you are there! My first blogging carnival will be live tomorrow. We are just introducing ourselves and our homeschools. Check it out! Would love you to participate next month.

    Anywho. Thanks so much for linking up to the showing off blog posts weekend hop. Make sure you come back and link up tomorrow.

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  8. Hi! I love meeting other homeschooling moms. I will check out you website :) Thank you for stopping by.

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