A Brief Question for a Tuesday Morning
It’s only 8:30 on the second day of school, and already, I’m eyeballing the Baileys.
Has it ever crossed your mind that the tantrums you endure could be a harbinger of something worse to come?
Like being killed in your sleep, suffocated by a stuffed unicorn named Pinky?
Yeah, me neither. I don’t know what I was thinking.
I need more Bailey’s coffee.
You can go about your day now…
3 Comments
Gmom Phyl
Jenn, Have you read any Jennifer Weiner?? This reminds me of “Certain Girls,” which I just finished. I think you would relate to mother and daughter. Get a copy!!
MrsB
🙂
I know this does not work for most people, but it does for us – the kids go to bed around 7 or 7:30 and as a result are up before 6:30. That gives them over an hour to get ready for school and the more time they have in the mornings, the less of a fight it is to get everything done on time.
Jenn
She does go to bed at 7:30, and is up around 7 – 6:55, today, and on her own, no less! (Otherwise, the dog is sent in to rouse her – any humans are greeted with shrieks of anger.)
Alas, the “more time available, less of a fight” does not apply in our house.
Actually, the reality is a corollary to Parkinson’s law (“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”):
“meltdowns will occur to fill the time available”
“Her” goal is to be ready by 8:30. Today we ran out of the house at 8:47. Thankfully, the school bell rang late today. Guess I need to go back to the “if you are ready by 8am, you can watch cartoons” carrot…..