My plans for world domination, part one

Look, everyone knows that a good despot can’t overthrow all the world superpowers simultaneously and assume absolute control on less than eight hours’ sleep.

So that’s why, when my children woke me at six-fifty ay emm with looks of defeat as Scout said, “Momma, we missed the bus,” I sighed heavily and reached for my robe.

“I had planned to sleep till eight,” I muttered to Maxim.

“There go my plans for world domination.”