May 31, 2012
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It’s Time
That’s it – I’m officially ready for summer. Not only am I exhausted by the second week of daily swim team practice from 5:30-7:30p.m. — interfering with dinner, and homework, and bedtime, and life in general….but there is drama. So. Much. Drama.
I hate the school bus.
We live 0.8 miles from the kids’ school. They are on the bus for about 5 minutes in each direction. And yet, epic amounts of drama (epic!) take place during these brief rides, causing children to keep their hurt/angry/frustrated feelings bottled up until they lay eyes on their mama — and then they unload and can’t stop.
Yesterday, it was our daughter who was upset about an interaction with a friend on the bus – a friend who is a year older and serving as a safety patrol. Apparently, power is a dangerous thing, even when it comes in the form of a flourescent safety belt! Today it was our son who was reduced to tears over a who-can-and-cannot-sit-with-whom situation. Hours later, he is still not himself. He is upstairs brooding and listening to music like an angsty teenager, instead of the free-spirited eight year old he usually is at this hour of the day.
Sigh.
It’s time. The kids are all sick of each other, sick of the grind, tired of long days, and most certainly tired of reviewing and testing!
I tried to soothe everyone’s frayed nerves after school, and then lost my patience with their sibling in-fighting and whining just a little while later. Great – more drama! Just what we need!
Although we are expecting family to arrive around dinner time tomorrow for a weekend visit, I decided what these kids need tomorrow is an afternoon of FUN at the pool, instead of swim practice. So, we have invited friends from outside the bus drama circles to join us at the pool, and I’m hoping everyone will feel better after a little fun with friends and good, solid cousin time this weekend.
And just to be sure that mom feels good, too – there might need to be a cocktail or two in the near future. Not for the kids, of course. Mommies don’t need to share.
Comments (6)
School bus drama is the worst! Hope the fun time and the cousins take the edge off (and that cocktail probably won’t hurt either)!
@murisopsis - Thanks – here’s hoping!
I sometimes think my kids could use a cocktail. Well, a couple of them could.
Cocktails all around! I’ve about had it with school, too, though I’m dreading the summer scramble of managing camps and transportation while trying to stay employed. Oy.
@madhousewife - That’s when you call Uncle Benny. (Benadryl….the cocktail for kids.)
@transvestite_rabbit - Oh, please. You know as soon as school is out I’ll be needing a cocktail BECAUSE school is out. But, cheers, anyway!
I’m so happy school is out I’ve forgotten why I’ve been so miserable. Not really. HA.