Knock Knock!

Many a mother will testify that they cannot even get time alone in the bathroom, much less anywhere else. This is especially true if there are infants or babies around. I've seen mothers who bring their babies in the bathroom with them. I've never done it myself, but I have had countless knocks, wails, and screams going on just on the other side of the bathroom door. Suffice it to say, you can't even relieve yourself in peace.

We only have one bathroom. I have a child who's prone to accidents, who likes to wait until the very last minute. After I became a mother, I see the bathroom as a safe haven where people cannot just barge in while you're in there, but I was proved wrong.

The kids were taught that they were supposed to knock if someone's in the bathroom, but they were not taught not to knock if there aren't any life endangering situations going on.

Knock, knock!

"What is it?"

"Ummi, N is ......."

Knock, knock!

"YES??!"

"S won't give me her...."

Knock, knock!

"What?!"

"I need to go potty!"

It's times like this that I sometimes sputter and mutter things under my breath. I couldn't even go potty in peace! And if you don't let them in immediately, they might give you extra work outside. I'd rather have to scramble and rush in the bathroom than clean up any excrements outside the bathroom door. So everytime there's a knock, I assume it's someone who needs to badly go potty. Many a times I go into a frenzied panic because I have to rush so they can come in and use the toilet.

Today, a knock which sounded pretty urgent interupted me in the bathroom. Sighing in utter exasperation, I hollered through the sound of the gushing water from the faucet,

"What?"

"mhmhphkendksjhsdfkhdfjlsdhf!"

"What?"

"hjgsdufkjhdsfkuherjkherkhtjh."

"Huh?"

"Jhgsdkjhduhyrkuhfdh."

After a while, I figured it wasn't someone needing to go potty, and I hastened to open the door in case there was another emergency.

"What?"

"A person named Sarah just signed in!"

H, pearly whites displayed over his sunburned face, proudly announced the 'emergency' that required him to knock on the bathroom door. Apparently he was siting at the computer when the darned MSN window popped up, signifying someone signing in.

I closed the door on his grinning face. Talk about having a little peace.