When it comes to parenting, we all know that there are just “those days.” But then there are the days that can only be classified as Epic Disasters — and mom, and contributor to Home Insemination Kit, Jenna Hart, experienced one of those this morning. Trust us; you won’t make it through this story without cracking up.
And just to clarify, this was merely her morning—not even the entire day! So, brace yourself for some wild antics.
Jenna kicks things off with a heartfelt note about her dog, who had a rough weekend after being hit by a car and needing leg surgery. As you can imagine, her hands have been pretty full caring for him, because, of course, dogs are family.
But when a mom’s plate is overflowing, things are bound to go haywire. The chaos begins when her daughter, Lily, notices a strange burning smell wafting through the house. Jenna writes, “I noticed it too. It smelled like melting plastic. I rushed to check the toaster—nothing there. Then I dashed upstairs to make sure the girls hadn’t left their hair tools on—no luck.” The odor intensified, and with no smoke alarms blaring, she had no clue what was happening.
What’s a mom to do? Wake up her blissfully unaware husband, of course! “I started panicking. I shook Mike awake while half-yelling, ‘WAKE UP! SOMETHING IS ON FIRE BUT I CAN’T FIND IT AND WE’RE ABOUT TO DIE!’”
Totally reasonable reaction, right? “He groggily mumbled, ‘What’s going on?’ and I screamed, ‘SOMETHING IS BURNING IN THIS HOUSE! WE HAVE KIDS AND A HURT DOG! GET UP AND HELP ME!’”
We can’t help but laugh at the “hurt dog” reference. With a bunch of kids and a mysterious burning smell, we would be hitting the panic button too.
Eventually, they figured out the source of the burning: her son Sam’s sock that was somehow stuck in the ceiling fan light fixture. “Then I was like, ‘OH MY GOD! SAM YOUR SOCK IS ABOUT TO SET OUR HOUSE ON FIRE! WHY IS YOUR STINKY SOCK ON THE LIGHT FIXTURE? WE COULD HAVE HAD A SOCK FIRE!’” While standing on a chair wielding one of Lily’s dolls—now with a melted head due to the heat—she pushed the sock off the bulb and onto the floor. Sam just shrugged and said, “Sock Fire would be a cool band name.”
If you’re not laughing yet, do you even have a sense of humor? Jenna’s post-mortem lecture to her son was equally epic: “DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER? YES, ‘SOCK FIRE’ WOULD BE A COOL BAND NAME, BUT RIGHT NOW OPEN THE WINDOWS! I JUST WASHED MY HAIR AND I’M NOT GOING TO SMELL LIKE A BONFIRE TODAY! GET TO FLAILING, FIRESTARTER!”
The hilarity doesn’t stop there. After taking a moment to breathe and reflect on the chaos, Jenna’s day took another unexpected turn when one of her daughters found a baby squirrel that “wasn’t scared at all.”
To her horror, Jenna discovered that the little guy was actually lifeless. “Marigold was keeping the poor dead squirrel ‘warm’ in her shirt,” she wrote. After some convincing with promises of Doritos and a fudge pop (as any good mom would do), Jenna managed to retrieve the tiny corpse, placing it in a plastic bag while scrubbing Marigold down with bleach.
We can’t stop laughing at this rollercoaster! From the singed sock to the squirrel saga, Jenna’s day is a wild ride. And the best part? “All of this happened before 7:00 AM.” Just a gentle reminder that life can always throw curveballs, so we might as well roll with it.
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In summary, Jenna’s morning was a whirlwind of absurdity, beginning with a burning sock and ending with a dead squirrel. Just a typical day in the life of a mom!