The Daily Orphan: Day 3

Today was a horrible rotten day! I hate today's stupid guts! Here is why:

For one thing , this rotten day tried to trick me and Orphie by starting off pleasantly with cereal and coffee.  I did do a lot of dishes ( that I failed to do last night) and that sort of put me in a mood.

 

 

I've been working on this dress for over a week , and I made a big mistake on it and I think it makes my butt look ridiculous.

The Daily Orphan : Day 2

This morning started out in a very , very sleepy fashion.

The pitter patter of rain outside the window makes the eyelids of this Headmistress very heavy indeed. Orphie was not helping me to wake up. He hit the snooze button three different times! Lazy little Orphan!  I wasn't too upset with him though. Sleeping in is a valuable thing! Lots of people have to wait all week for that  , so I feel a bit lucky. 

We were glad we woke up because there was a surprise waiting for us outside! Somebody left some chocolate chip cookies in my bike helmet! Orphie wanted to gooble them up for breakfast , but I didn't let him. It was hard to explain why it is a bad idea to eat cookies if you have no idea where they came from or why they are in your bike helmet , even if they do seem a wonderful and tasty surprise! I maybe mentioned that cookies are not a proper breakfast food , but those who know the Headmistress are aware that I don't take a firm stance on that , really. 

The Daily Orphan : Day 1

The Daily Orphan is a week long blog segment that will document the life of one Monster , a travel Orphan , really. This little monster will follow me everywhere , until Saturday.

Please don't ask me about what will happen on Saturday , I'm really not ready to talk about it.

My hope is that The Daily Orphan will be a nice way to bring the Orphanage out and about with me , as I ( the Headmistress) have been very , very busy lately  , and perhaps neglecting my Orphanage duties. 

So , without further preamble , I will tell the story of Day One.

 

This is my little friend , The Daily Orphan. I haven't given him a name yet , but I'm sure it will come to me soon enough. I might ask Angela for her advice on this matter. Angela is my friend ( best) and a real patron of the Orphanage . I bet you will meet her later this week.

Today started with a visit to my favorite thrift store in Chinatown .  I guess I should explain that I probably go here every single week. The people that work there know me , and they ask where I've been if I stay away too long.  I just love to find treasures and I like to dress up! It's fabulous and you should try it!  Anyways , I was a little sad that this gem green dress didn't fit around my curves very nicely at all. Little Orphan is just up there on a hook , looking around.

  We did manage to find a couple of treasures though! I spent around five dollars , and it was totally worth it.

 

Somebody even made some new friends! It was a wonderful visit. 

After the thrift store ,  we went home and I ate about 3 bowls of Frosted Flakes. This was a very bad idea. That was too much sugar for the Headmistress and it made me sort of jittery and jumpy. Angela let me know I was being neurotic as I packed and unpacked my wallet , keys , phone , and Monster into my backpack over and over again. I wanted to make sure I didn't forget him when I went off to work!

We waited for the train that I take to work everyday. This was a first time for the little Orphan so I know he was really excited. I was sort of excited too but I bet that was at least partly because of the Frosted Flakes.

I didn't take any pictures of us at work today , but I will later this week. Little Orphan sat in my backpack while I taught twelve girls scouts how to sew an apron for something they call ' Apple Valley Days' . My understanding is that this is a week in school where you get to dress up in bonnets and eat lunch from a basket. It sounds like fun!

 

The girl scouts were cute but they wore me out a little bit. Orphie (is that his name?) and I picked up some wine and groceries on the way home. I made it my New Years Resolution to cook healthy food for myself , and I'm sort of doing it! Hooray!

Feral Monsters

We call them "Those Fearsome Ferals" . These are wild , wild monsters who have rejected the Orphanage and the modest comforts provided there in order to strike out on their own in the backyard. As you can see  , they are doing a fair amount of damage. I leave food out for them but they usually just throw it back at the house windows. I love them anyways . How could I not?

 

The Protest

  





When I got up this morning none of the Orphans were in their rooms , but I could hear something out in the hall.

 

They were chanting , "We . Are. Monsters!"

 

" Ummm.......What do you guys think you are doing" I asked them.

 

 " This is Occupy Hall Street" 

 

Welcome to the Orphanage , Howie and Deo!

 

Everyone , please welcome to the Orphanage Howie and Deo! Born on a dark and stormy night , these two brothers have mischievous tendencies , I can tell. Hopefully they will find good homes before causing too  much trouble for me here in the Foster Monsters Orphanage for Wayward Monsters! 

Girl Troubles

There are three girl monster orphans in the Foster Monsters Home for Wayward monsters right now , and they are a serious handful. Let me tell you....

 

 

 

 

I must have asked them a half a dozen times to stop stretching the phone cord all the way into their rooms! It's going to spring right off the wall for one thing! Plus they are talking on the phone all day long!

 

 Why are they taking my nail polish?! Abeena doesn't even HAVE nails , and her lips are already pink.

 

Nobody else in the house can even get into the bathroom anymore , the girls are always in there.

  

And I swear I think they are "borrowing" things from my jewelry box.

  

Don't even get me started about all the hair in the drain.

It's just about enough to make me want to rip my own hair out!

 But at the end of the day , they are my little orphan girls , and I love them so dearly. I hope someday soon they will be adopted into loving homes ( hopefully with multiple phone lines and plenty of shiny things and cosmetics) .