I am participating in the March Slice of Life Challenge: A slice a day for 
all of March. You should do it too! Thank you, Two Writing Teachers! Readers, check out their site, and start slicing!
This one time today, I had a peaceful moment. The kids were busy with their own stuff. The house was quiet. The soup was made and cooking on the stove. The dishes were done. The dog was sleeping on the his couch. The fire was burning in the fireplace. So, I grabbed my water bottle, and my daughter’s kindle. I sat on the couch and read. My eyes got heavy, so I put my head down, and the dog snuggled up. I fell asleep. In the middle of the —
“MOMMY!!!!”
On a Thought 
Sorry you didn’t get too for into your nap. But isn’t that life?
This post made me laugh out loud…isn’t that always the way. The “Mommy”s interrupt at the most inconvenient times…all the time!
Just when you are ready to settle down, they need you.
I love the line: “on (strikeout the) his couch” I know the feeling so well, that nothing–and in this case, not even our time or our furniture–truly belong to us. Well captured.