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breakfast chat

June 27, 2012 By Talya Tate Boerner 6 Comments

6:30 a.m.
in the kitchen 
dallas, texas

Breakfast

John: I hope you didn’t miss me too bad last night. He leans against the kitchen counter eating a slice of pound cake for breakfast.

Me: Don’t you mean, you missed me? I am staring at John as he leans against the kitchen counter eating a slice of pound cake for breakfast.

John: No, I wasn’t in bed much last night. Couldn’t sleep. He washes down pound cake with a drink of milk.

Me: When did you leave the bed? I make coffee.

John: I got up around 3:00. From 3:00 to 6:00 I wasn’t in bed. He eats another bite of pound cake.

Me: I was never there. I slept in Tate’s room all night because you were snoring. I smell the coffee.

John: Oh.

Me: Yeah. You never noticed I wasn’t there. I pour coffee. I need coffee.

John: Yeah I did. That’s why I couldn’t sleep. He eats another slice of pound cake.

Me: Uh-huh… I sip coffee. Steaming. Hot.

John: I forgot we had this pound cake. 

Me: And so you are gonna eat the whole thing this morning to catch up?

John: Maybe.


Me: Ok.


I
need
more
coffee…

talya

Musical Pairings:

Black Coffee in Bed, Squeeze
Don’t You (Forget About Me), Simple Minds

I ate a pound cake today, but I gained two. – Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not For Sale

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Comments

  1. Tim says

    June 27, 2012 at 5:25 am

    haha..well, I haven’t been to bed, yet, and I hate coffee. I could probably use a cup right now, though…haha…I really enjoyed reading this, Talya. It’s a cool style of writing, and once again, I felt like I was there with you. The cake made me hungry, and the coffee smelled great! It woke me up a little bit, too!=)

    Reply
    • TateFarmGirl says

      June 27, 2012 at 9:52 am

      John hates coffee too.

      Reply
  2. Anonymous says

    June 27, 2012 at 6:43 am

    Very funny. Has John turned into Uncle Rex? Mom

    Reply
    • TateFarmGirl says

      June 27, 2012 at 9:52 am

      Perhaps.

      Reply
  3. Colene says

    June 28, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    I read this yesterday but I read it outloud to Tom just now. So funny! We both love your blogs!

    Reply
  4. Anonymous says

    June 29, 2012 at 4:55 am

    After a night of NO SLEEP AT ALL – I could and would eat the entire cake if I could reach it! That was sweet he said he couldn’t sleep because YOU weren’t there. ๐Ÿ™‚ I could literally be gone a month before anyone would notice I wasn’t here. ๐Ÿ™ Whine Whine WINE! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Talya’s Cousin

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