OMG, you guys. There is just too much bullshit when you are a parent. Little, niggling bullshit that gets to you (well, I cannot speak for you, but the shit gets to me) and makes you a crazy person.
For instance, too many forms to sign for each child. Permission to photograph them for the school website/yearbook; medical record forms; reams for Girl Scouts and sports.
And you have to put together an emergency kit for them. Do you do this? Jesus. It. Kills. Me. Not only is it time-consuming and annoying, but writing the note that my child is going to read in case of some disaster? Please. I can’t take this shit. I don’t know if you know this about me, but I’m a head-in-the-sand type of girl. As far as I’m concerned, there will never be any occasion that I will not be able to get to my children due to some natural or man-made disaster. So don’t make me write these notes and put these kits together!
I’ve already mentioned how much I enjoy homework hour at my house, so I won’t rehash that (I will say since we cancelled cable, it is MUCH easier to get them to do their homework!).
Then there is just all the little bullshit that comes with being on committees and involved in your children’s extracurricular activities.
As if I don’t have my own shit to do! Or want a little me time.
And today? Well, today I just can’t take it. My to-do list is long and I’m tired. Because I stayed up until 2am watching Breaking Bad (Please. How could I possibly turn it off? Walt’s gone to the dark side!), so I woke up late, told the kids to get dressed, sent them out without brushing their teeth or hair, tossed granola bars at them, shoved crackers in their backpacks and told them to buy lunch. Oh and to RUN FOR THE BUS.
Yup. That Mother of the Year award is in the bag. Believe that.
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I am SO glad I don’t have to deal with what you just shared… one of the benefits of having the kids at home with me during the day. But I feel ya on the rest… I couldn’t get my eyes open this morning, so Riley was entertained by two, not one, but TWO movies while I crashed on the couch! I think “Mom of the Year” will be going to ME!
(((HUGS))) You’re doing great! Don’t get discouraged! <3
Thanks, Tammy! Yes, homeschooling is a great way to avoid the lousy paper work and emergency packs! Ugh.
Trish recently posted..The One Where I Bitch and Moan
Emergency packs?? Never heard of them. However, I do go on about a week long tirade at the start of the school year (yes, every year) due to the paperwork. The forms that they insist you fill out whether you are eligible or interested in them or not. I’ve taken to scrawling a huge N/A across them, signing or initialing them (depending on my mood) and sending them back. Our school won’t take changes for how the kids get home over the phone you have to write a note (picked up or on the bus) so I started sending a note with mine that says she knows how she’s getting home so whatever she says she’s supposed to do is fine with me (she’s almost 11). I hate all the paperwork and crap that comes with school, but there is no way I would survive homeschooling. lol
Sarah, me too! With the huge N/A! And? When they want you to fill in all the vaccination stuff I just attach a copy of their record and write “see attached.” Or, if it’s for the Girl Scouts or sports I just write “up to date.” I mean really. Eff you and your forms. I could never in a million years homeschool. I barely parent them well enough to escape criminal charges. Imagine if they were under my care 24/7.
You two are killing me! There are days I think, “What the heck am I doing?”, or that I threaten, “Oh, really? You think you’ve got it so bad? I’ll send you to SCHOOL! Then you’ll see how ‘bad’ you’ve really got it!” For the most part, though, I love home schooling, and would not trade it for the world.