a hot cocoa in time

July 13th or around that date (literally) Hailey spilled her hot cocoa on our desk calendar.
Why was she drinking hot cocoa in the summer in Arizona, you ask? She took swim team this summer at 9am but thought the pool was too cold. As a motivator I would make her hot cocoa to take in a insulated cup to warm her insides while she swam in the cold water. It only took a month for the water to warm up.
Back to the spill...
As soon as it spilled, we mopped up what we could but it spread into the crease and to the months ahead. It's been an ugly blot on the calendar and I have looked forward to the month when I would turn the page and it would be a clean fresh month. It happened November 1st and now I miss the darn spot. It went much quicker than I expected and makes me nervous for how fast things are moving.
Mackay asks over and over again if he is "this many" yet, holding up his four fingers. No Mackay, you are still three. "Aw Man!" he exclaims dishearteningly. Will four ever come?-he thinks. Will November ever come?-I thought. Can I slow things down? I wonder now.
I have decided to get a Sonic gift card with my next years calendar and tape it to some random day that seems so far off. Then when it comes, I will reward my self for getting there! Endure to April 7th!