A Day in the Life of Laura

It's 2:30 pm on a Wednesday Laura, a mother of three has just finished grocery shopping and is beginning to unpack the large brown paper bags. She unpacks everything except for the fresh vegetables and whole chicken that she will cook for dinner. It's only 2:45 by the time she's done, she still has another hour before it's time to pick up little Suzie from soccer practice. She allows herself to have a seat on the couch in her tidy living room. She pulls out a magazine from underneath the coffee table, opens it up, and lets out a sigh of relaxation. She finally has 20 minutes of time to herself. Her eyelids begin to draw shut as she lays back on the sofa to rest in a more comfortable position. Suddenly the front door swings open and her teenage daughter and 9 year old son burst into the living room, home from school early. Her son runs straight to the bathroom leaving a trail of sand that falls curiously from his trouser pockets. Her teenage daughter throws her backpack onto the couch then walks lethargically toward the kitchen. As Laura stands up to close the front door she hears her son call loudly from the bathroom. She makes her way towards the bathroom slowly, then when she hears water trickling onto the floor, picks up the pace until she finally gets to the restroom. To her extreme surprise she finds her son huddling over the overflowing toilet bowl. She walks over to inspect the toilet bowl and finds that there is a large bull frog stuck at the bottom of the porcelain bowl. She calmly reaches for the plunger and as she is about to shove it down into the toilet the frog leaps out into her son's arms. He looks up at his mother, smiles then runs upstairs into his room. The water begins to seep down into the toilet and Laura throws a towel around the bottom of the toilet. Laura makes her way back into the living room and looks up at the clock. 3:15, she still has a little bit of time. She looks down from the clock to the couch where her daughter's backpack, now opened, is sprawled across books, pens, and an open bag of potato chips. Right as Laura is about to tell her daughter not to ruin her appetite, she remembers that they are having dinner guests tonight! Three hours later Laura has picked up Suzie from soccer. Her dinner is hot and ready to be enjoyed. Her house spotless just like it had been before the kids got home. It's a good thing Laura has Febreze! She pumps 2 squirts in the bathroom where earlier in the day a frog had been trapped. She then sprayed Febreze in the living room, killing the smell of salty potato chips and leaving the aroma of fresh gardens and chamomile. The doorbell rings and Laura quickly places the bottle of Febreze in the hallway closet as she opens the door. With a smile she welcomes her guests into her fresh smelling home!