2-B-6 Again
Baba…. I am 6!
Those were the exact words that came through the phone when i called my daughter yesterday. Goosebumps to be honest is what seemed to be the exact bodily feeling. My guardian angel is 6 god bless her.
I am not going to be talking about my daughter in this one, although she deserves a book on what I have learned from her and her brother in life. I am going to go
back in time and pretend, remember that nice thing that you go into an imaginary world and pretend to be this or that? i am sure you do.
I can imagine my blog management unit( if it existed) would declare a state of emergency for the valued readers out there “ We regret to tell you that Mamdooh’s blog will be undergoing some serious difficulties in the coming days-years, please bare with us as we try to solve this glitch”
Mamdooh is 6 again.
Im in my pajamas which I have to wear because mommy says so. The bed is so warm and the weather is so cold, why wake up when I can continue having those amazing dreams of being a Pirate or Superman, or even Batman, my little brother is going to be Robin. I love the smell of the newly washed bed covers, they seem to remind me of the comfort of my mother when she hugs me, you know that mommy smell, the one that magically makes us feel secure.
“Wake up! its time for school, quickly breakfast is ready in 5 minutes” yelled my mother. Oh! come on Mama,I was just about to catch the Joker! What she heard was only some mumbles from me. OK Mr.Joker, till we meet again tomorrow night, me and Robin will get you, I have a plan.
I barely brush my teeth with that yummy children’s toothpaste that I think I ate half of the time, instead of spit it out, can you blame me? it tastes really good.
I get into my schools uniform, polish my shoes and head to the breakfast table where I find some hot weetabix cereal awaiting my arrival. All that’s on my mind now is how I can get away from my mother without her combing my afro hair. What makes it worse is I take a shower at night and go to sleep so it takes on a very strange shape every day in the morning.
My mother has me on the floor and I am screaming like crazy with all her reshaping and engineering works on my hair project( daily). I think with all the effort she puts into my hair styling she can make a great hair stylist. She seems to push and pull at the same time.
After she finishes her masterpiece, I kind of look like Elvis only with an afro swept to the side with ugly glasses, wearing 70’s school styling! not a nice sight, I think this is why the famous” Sensitive viewers are cautioned, some scenes are HORRIBLE!”.My father walks me to school for what reason I don’t know? It seems to take forever, we start walking when its still dark and get there when the morning sun is up. I love these walks with daddy, we have so much fun along the way, yesterday I made my dad laugh really hard when i decided to have a barking contest with one of the dogs on the way.I get to school along with my bag full of books and nice notebooks and a pencil, they say when I get to 9 or 10 I think, they will let us use a pen. A pencil is better because I erase my mistakes. And its good for me when I want to draw a dinosaur.
I go to class and listen to my teacher who was nice, but still she is a teacher, I like her, she says my shampoo smells nice, and it made me the teachers pet for a whole month, until she got fed up with me? Did she want another shampoo fragrant or what? I liked it when I was teachers pet. And I got more colored stars, I always loved stars. School finishes real fast, why does the very thing we love always do that? why can’t it go on, oh! I forgot, I miss my mom & dad and sister. And my comics! and also mommy lets me watch some cartoons on tv, I can play with those toy soldiers, I bought some new germans, today I shall win the battle with the new tanks and soldiers of the british army.
I get to spend some time in front of our house, I wear my jersey and run out with a toy plane that I put together, if you throw it high in the sky it takes a big turn and comes back to you, you need some practice though. I look on the floor for lost treasures, I have once found a 50 pence coin! wow, I got so much candy and increased my savings by 50%.
I can’t wait for my mommy to call me before we go to the little shop at the corner, I heard her tell my father that she was going shopping today, she has received some money, Yippee! I get to buy more sweets, and chewing gum that holds a dinosaur sticker inside, you need more than 300 to complete the free catalog of dinosaurs, I only need two more stickers and Im done.
She always gives me something extra when we shop, i guess its her way of saying thank you for carrying the groceries back home with her, joking, I love her.
After watching tv for a while, I am told to get ready for bed. Its 6 p.m.! why can’t I stay longer? maybe when I grow up I can stay up till 9 o’clock, maybe I can pull it off.
Its time to think through how me and Robin are going to catch the Joker before he steals some more Banks tonight. I know that me and Robin….
Sorry, Mamdooh is going to be busy running after the Joker, in his dreams.
Mamdooh Al-Radadi
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