{"id":659,"date":"2016-10-17T13:36:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T20:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/?p=659"},"modified":"2016-10-17T13:36:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T20:36:23","slug":"late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/2016\/10\/17\/late\/","title":{"rendered":"Late"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Morning of craziness<\/p>\n<p>Alongside three small terrors<\/p>\n<p>Bring out my best defense<\/p>\n<p>Toss out the perfect parenting rules<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours<\/p>\n<p>The clock ticks away<\/p>\n<p>In the kitchen<\/p>\n<p>Slapping together lunch<\/p>\n<p>By myself<\/p>\n<p>Coffee keeping me company<\/p>\n<p>Into the hall<\/p>\n<p>Traipsing down stairs<\/p>\n<p>Pajama-clad child<\/p>\n<p>Taking a peek<\/p>\n<p>Accidentally knocking over coffee<\/p>\n<p>Counter now soaked<\/p>\n<p>Ruining sandwiches<\/p>\n<p>Sopping wet snack food<\/p>\n<p>Better than yesterday<\/p>\n<p>A shoe oddly thrown in the trash<\/p>\n<p>Made agonizingly late<\/p>\n<p>Today, which will go the same<\/p>\n<p>Tragically non-punctual<\/p>\n<p>Irrationally delayed<\/p>\n<p>Because it is always the same<\/p>\n<p>Plus or minus mishaps<\/p>\n<p>Despite my best intentions<\/p>\n<p>Children are inconsiderate<\/p>\n<p>Thoughtless<\/p>\n<p>They give no assistance<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let us be late!&#8221;, they rejoice<\/p>\n<p>Argumentative yesterday<\/p>\n<p>Toothpaste is not a cleaning agent<\/p>\n<p>Suppose I say sit<\/p>\n<p>My children will jump<\/p>\n<p>While walking out the door<\/p>\n<p>Backpacks forgotten<\/p>\n<p>Arguing like lawyers<\/p>\n<p>These children are heartless<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morning of craziness Alongside three small terrors Bring out my best defense Toss out the perfect parenting rules In the early hours The clock ticks away In the kitchen Slapping together lunch By myself Coffee keeping me company Into the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/2016\/10\/17\/late\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43773,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43773"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":660,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions\/660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teachingwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}