Frumpy Middle-Aged Mom: Curly Girl has an agenda

I just found a page torn from a notebook on the kitchen counter, where my 11-year-old daughter, Curly Girl left it.

It was written in purple pencil. She obviously scribbled it last night, to prepare before her fifth-grade class went on a whale watching field trip this morning.

This is what it said:

AGENDA

* Get up at 6:00. VERY IMPORTANT.

* Take shower

* Do hair

* Put on robe

* Eat

* Brush teeth

* Put in earings

* Get dressed

* Pack lunch

* Sandwich, cheese, blueberries, other fruit.

She accomplished all this without even mentioning it to her mom. By the time I thought about asking her if she needed a lunch, it was already packed.

If that's how organized she is now, as a tween, I can't wait to see what's to come.

Maybe we can send her up to Sacramento to whip the Legislature into shape. They could use someone like her up there.

Marla Jo Fisher was a workaholic before she adopted two foster kids several years ago. Now she juggles work and single parenting, while being exhorted from everywhere to be thinner, smarter, sexier, healthier, more frugal, a better mom, better dressed and a tidier housekeeper. Contact her at mfisherocregister.com. Read her blog at themomblog.freedomblogging.com/category/frumpy-middleaged-mom-ma rla-jo-fisher/.

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