nap, interrupted

Whack, whack, whack...

I was immediately awakened

- if I had even been asleep at all -

from my nap.

"Stop that banging!" I hollered.

And I heard it again,

whack, whack, whack...

in rapid succession.

I jumped out of bed and threw open the door.

I figured there was a slight possibility

it was my husband making all that racket

and not a child, after all, so perhaps I shouldn't holler again.

I rounded the corner to the living room to see Josiah,

holding Jeremiah's brand-new-almost fishing net

up in the air

trying to catch a fan blade.

whack, whack, whack...

Of course

I then pulled the old (stupid)

"What were you thinking?!" card

and clearly

 - as is usually the case when that card is used -

he wasn't thinking at all.

At least not beyond, "I wonder if I can catch a fan blade."

I wonder what he would have done
if he actually caught one?!