"Boys, when we get in the house, get your homework out and change into your play clothes while I go to the bathroom."

"Why do you need to go to the bathroom?"

"Because I haven't gone all day."

"So."

"Just do what I say. Please. Can you just do what I say? I really need to go to the bathroom."

In the bathroom...

"Mom!"
"MOm!"
"MOM!"
"MOMMMMY!!!"
"Mommy, where are you?"
"Mommy, I NEEEEED YOU!!"
"MOM, how much longer til you come out of there??!!"

Really? Really? I am trying to go to the bathroom, in private (crazy, I know). Really? All four of my children are standing right outside the bathroom door, screaming for my attention. I am trying to unload my bowels for crying out loud, by myself people. Do I stand outside the bathroom when they are trying to take a dump, screaming for them??? HECK NO!! I don't understand how my children suddenly are so desperate for my attention, just because I lock the bathroom door and pretend to not hear them... but I do. I do hear them. I do see their fingers scooting under the door. I do hear them begging for me to come out of there. Really? Really?