Breakfast time: my 4 year-old suddenly stops drinking his milk and asks:
“Mom, today is tomorrow?”
“No sweetie, today is today, tomorrow is tomorrow”
(need a coffee? how’s that for an answer uh? let’s give it another try, would you?)
“.. I mean… today is now, tomorrow is after your night sleep” (slightly better..)
“So I sleep another night and then it’s tomorrow?”
“Yes, exactly”
“Another night?”
“What do you mean another night?”
“Yesterday, you said that after one night sleep it’s tomorrow… so why today is not tomorrow and I have to sleep again to be tomorrow?”
“No, what I meant is that… uhm.. actually yes, today is tomorrow of yesterday…”
“So tomorrow of yesterday is today…”
(this is getting complicated…)
“Well yes, sweetheart, every day is today and the next day is called tomorrow but when we get to tomorrow it becomes today.. ”
(I so want out of this conversation… )
After a moment of silent reflection, he draws his conclusion: “so it’s never tomorrow, it’s always today”
(Ok, let’s start this over again…)
“What’s up sweetie, why do you ask this?”
“Because yesterday you said that tomorrow I can have a candy for breakfast”
“Oh..! I see… Yes it’s true, you can have a candy now”
“So, today is tomorrow?”
“Mmm, yes, well.. in a way.. today is tomorrow indeed”
And there you go… he looks at me with that little air of deserved triumph on his face.
I definetly need a coffee. This is gonna be a long day.