World War Blue

I walk in to the bathroom and flip on the light. Sticky, I suddenly feel sticky. Flush the toilet, more stickiness. I turn the sink on to wash my hands and you''ll never guess it, but yep, more stickiness. As I look down there they are- the blue smears of a war. One which my bathroom has obviously lost. After I wash my hands a second time- becasue yep, turning the water off re-stickified my fingers (yes, I'm sure that is a word, from my own personal dictionary)... anyways, re washing- then, I go to dry my hands. To my dismay when I pull my hands away they are covered more so then ever in blue goo. One of my brilliant children has decided to use the back of the towel to wipe a massive amount of goo off of something...


But I live with 3 children ( and Brad) so messes like this don't get to me that easily. I wash my hands yet again then head to the cupboard to get out the cleaner and paper towel. And what else do I find but another place to make my hands sticky....

Toothpaste... a necessity, but man sometimes I wish it wasn't. But I can hear that conversation in my head already.... What is the matter Mr. Dentist? What? It doesn't look like they've been brushing their teeth? Gee I have NO idea why... couldn't be because I have banned toothpaste from the early humans in my house.... (early humans- guess you gotta see Little Fockers to get the reference). But really the way the bathroom looks I do wonder if any of the toothpaste actually makes it into their mouths.

Everytime I send those 3 monkeys to brush their teeth it is as if I did actually send monkeys... well ones that don't throw poo but toothpaste instead.

I understand that it is a big tube and the target is small, sometime you squeeze just a little harder then intended... but really, why oh why does it get as bad as it does in there on a near daily basis? And why do I keep buying them BLUE toothpaste? At least white would blend in with the counter... Ah, but there are so many different colors of the surfaces they cover with blue sticky goo that color just doesn't matter.

Part of me thinks this is my children's way of forcing me to buy the Touch and Brush that they hype up in commercials. But I am certain if I bought it, well it would be just one more surface for me to de-blueify.

My bathroom may lose the Blue War nightly. But My Clorox bleach spray and I, well we win it.... someday the war will end. And I certain that when it does I will be victorious with or without the Touch and Brush....