Set Your Frighten Clock, Mes Frères

On Saturday, I posted that you can simplify your mornings by preparing for them the night before.

On Sunday, I found my post had been translated onto a Québécois blog.

And by translated, I mean made hilarious in a French fashion because I think it was translated into French and then back into English.

Anyhoo, wanted to share the fun as a suggestion that, as you make your way along the rocky path of social media, you use a GOOD TRANSLATOR when you need one.

Each line of my (admittedly substandard) English is followed by its wacky English-to-French-to-English transmutation...

It's super-simple.
It’s super-simple.

So simple, you've probably heard it before, but maybe you forgot.
So humble, you’ve perhaps heard it ahead of, but peradventure you forgot.

Ready?
Ready?

Right.
Right.

Basically:
Basically:

If you can do it the night before, do it!
If you can do it the ceaselessly ahead of, do it!

How easy is that?
How uncomplicated is that?

A few of the things you can do the night before:
A barely of the things you can do the ceaselessly ahead of:

Pack your briefcase/backpack/laptop.
Pack your briefcase/backpack/laptop.

Put your wallet/purse/ID case next to your briefcase.
Put your wallet/purse/ID box next to your briefcase.

Put your keys next to your wallet.
Put your keys next to your billfold.

Pack your lunch.
Pack your lunch.

Pack lunch(es) for your kid(s).
Pack lunch(es) as far as something your kid(s).

Pack your gym bag.
Pack your gym Highland rig out-moded sporran.

Load your mp3 player.
Load your mp3 trouper.

Check the forecast.
Check the vaticination.

If it'll be rainy, put your umbrella near your raincoat.
If it’ll be rainy, place your screen forthcoming your raincoat.

If it'll be cold, make sure your hat/gloves/scarf are with your coat.
If it’ll be fair, be dependable your hat/gloves/scarf are with your jacket.

Get a coffee maker with a timer, prep the coffee and filter, and set the timer.
Get a coffee maker with a timer, prep the coffee and cheesecloth, and prepare b start the timer.

Or, set your water kettle, tea cup, and tea bag out so they're ready to go.
Or, prepare b start your be unbelievable kettle, tea cup, and tea Highland rig out-moded sporran out-moded so they’re friendly to natter.

Set the table for breakfast (our German friends do this -- I love it!).
Set the food as far as something breakfast (our German friends do this — I puniness it!).

Put any meds and/or vitamins where you'll remember to take them the next morning.
Put any meds and/or vitamins where you’ll deem back on to remind one of them the next morning.

Put your shoes and glasses where you'll find them easily.
Put your shoes and glasses where you’ll arouse them definitely.

[Whoa, hey, this is a PG-rated blog!]

If you use an alarm clock, set it.
If you utilization an frighten clock, prepare b start it.

Finally, spend five minutes alone and quiet, putting today's crap out of your mind.
Finally, allot five minutes on oneself and quietness, putting today’s crap out-moded of your chastise.

With your prepwork and some luck, the next morning will be smooth.
With your prepwork and some fortune, the next morning desire be naked.

[PG-rated!!!]

I do most of these; the rest I'm still learning to take care of ahead of time.
I do most of these; the be situated I’m nevertheless fellowship to remind one of come to nothing of at the of every now.

[What?!]

For some reason, they seem to take less time the night before than the morning of.
For some plead with, they non-standard like to remind one of less every now the ceaselessly ahead of than the morning of.

Maybe because my pillow is calling to me.
Maybe because my pillow is district to me.

* * *

Whew, lesson learned, eh?

I puniness you, my crazy Québécois brethren!!!

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •