Adventures at Rasa Ranch #113

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4/29/03 "More Than Ready"

I was catching up on some e-mails with the baby nursing to sleep on my

lap, when I took notice of how quiet it was in the house. "Hmm," I

thought, "This seems odd! I guess Ananda and her dad must have gone

outside." Then, suddenly, her bedroom door burst open and I heard an

extremely enthusiastic, "Weady o' not, Hee-why Come!"

She skipped over to me and said, "Mommy, I wasn't counting! I was

just having fun in my woom and then I bemembered I was playing hide

and seek and then I said, 'Ready or not, here I come!'" "Ah ha," I

answered, nodding in understanding as she smiled at me. Then, as

soon as she left my side, I quickly found myself engrossed in my

reading again.

A long while later Jim came limping in. His face was beet red and his

hair was all a mess. He was kind of hunched over and was rubbing his

back. He good-naturedly exclaimed, "D'you know what? She wasn't even

counting! She said she was playing in her room! Do you know where

I've been??"

I looked up at him and said, "Oh my gosh. Where?!"

"All curled up in the dark," he said, "inside that cabinet where we keep the dog food!"

I got the giggles really bad and tried to say, "I'll bet it smells in there."

He went on, "All along I thought she was looking for me, maybe in the

bedroom, maybe in the living room, and then I hear, 'Ready or

not...!' and I was already hurting by then!"

(I don't know about you but I am still laughing!)