Patience Test

pa·tience

/ˈpāSHəns/Noun

The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.





Synonyms

forbearance - endurance - sufferance - solitaire



This definition pretty much sums it all up!  Looking at those five wonderfully bright, energetic, wholesome faces, one would never suspect they could warrant someone (mostly their mother) to want to pull out their hair!  There is absolutely NO spot in this house that is safe from a child finding me!  They have even discovered how to unlock a bathroom door!  Now, the locked door no longer means "stay out", it is a challenge of all challenges.  "I know she has to be in there doing something spectacular, why else would she want to keep everyone out??"...I imagine to be the context of their thought process after they try the door handle several times only to be rebuffed!  After numerous kicks, punches and objects thrown at the door have failed to open it, I can usually count on a barrage of questions.  "Mom, can I come in?", is the standard lead off, followed by, "why can't I come in?".  I will get a fair amount of pleading with little fingers plunged under the door jam trying their hardest to wave at me!  There are times that I am actually not doing anything but trying to get a moments peace! YES, in the da#n bathroom!  I have nowhere to hide, they have taken over!  :) Trouble really starts when they realize I have gone in there to make a phone call.  "Who are you talking to?", "I wanna say hi to grandma!!".  No one in their right mind wants to talk to a child they can hear over the phone and through a door!  I think these kiddos have grandparents who are humoring them for the sake of my sanity!  About this time is when things get quiet because their brains are working overtime to come up with a plan to spring me from my "sanctuary".  "Bye, gotta go.", I say to whoever I was talking with, in a rush to stop all hell from breaking loose!  When the door does finally open I can see they are not sure whether to cheer and hug me or run away and hide!  I keep reminding myself that one day they will all be gone and I will be allotted as much "me" time as I can stand, so I should be appreciating every moment.  Whatever!  I want just a small slice of that pie now and I don't think there is anything wrong with that!