June 7, 2013
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whining
I have had enough of this day.
I don’t like the end of school. It frazzles me. I don’t like people leaving me. I don’t like finishing projects that I’ve put off. I don’t like cleaning up with any children, let alone the 1st grade crowd. First graders (frankly, any child) love spray bottles. They will spray until the cleaning solution is gone. I nearly choked and died with the fumes today. First graders get all excited and don’t follow directions so you have to repeat things. Once or twice. Or a million times. First graders suck at filing. They think it makes sense to put papers all over the floor willy nilly and slip and fall on them. Cleaning and organizing with first graders (frankly, any child) basically means that you have 100 times the noise and it will take 3 times as long to accomplish what needs to happen. Of course the real problem is that I’m going to miss them.
I just talked to my mother. She had shoulder surgery this week and I haven’t been able to see her because I got another freaking summer cold. I was worried about this surgery because she had the other shoulder done last March and very soon afterwards had a mini stroke. I have it stuck in my mind that the anesthesia is the cause of the stroke. Don’t spew facts at me, I won’t listen. I was doubly worried because in one of her x-rays or something before the surgery some doctor of hers claimed there was a spot on her lung. Well, apparently the doctor looked at it again and now says there’s no spot. I want to wring that doctor’s neck. Because maybe you ought to have looked twice or thrice or a bazillion times before you scared the shit out of us. How can doctors not know what their words do. I could make a whole long kvetch about dumb shit doctors have said that maybe they should have thought again about saying. But it looks like I won’t. Today anyhow.
LLO has already had the conversation with her sister moaning about how Spawn is so much better than her at _____. Fill in blank with every thing under the sun. Frankly my eyes just roll out of my head and down the street. Because I have to wonder why we need to go there. Again.
And now Spawn is pissed at me. In the space of 7 hours she has discussed dropping out of two commitments that she voluntarily committed herself to. Big ones. Ones that don’t surprise me. Her excuses would pass muster perhaps with someone with a less finely tuned bullshitometer. However, this mother is keenly aware of the main motivation for ditching stuff that takes effort and time. And it’s not going to fly. I don’t care if she goes through her retaliatory litany of my flaws as mother, family member, human bean. Yea, whatevs, baby.
On the flip side. I got a Tootsie Pop at lunch. Spawn and I went on a mother/daughter voyage (before our unpleasant conversation) that included an errand I didn’t want to do and some laughing. LLO got an award at school for good grades and being just super. She was pleased. For a minute or two. Hmm. Can’t seem to think of any others. The coffee was fresh. It’s Friday. I have a bag of Twizzlers.
Crap. Just remembered I have another errand for today.
Comments (37)
yeah. the end of school and the beginning of summer is frazzling. and first graders are not particularly good at directions. I hear you. I hope your weekend is restful some to make up for it.
hurrah for LLO!
teenagers. if the sass on my kindergartener is any indication, I am going to suffer.
First graders are like that? Damn. I was hoping for major strides.
Twizzlers are a healthy part of the solution to most any problem. Black Twizzlers and whiskey are a particularly powerful combination, I have found.
Parents are supposed to make teens follow through- it’s what we do. She will thank you, on her 35th birthday.
@HappierHeathen - whiskey. that could be the answer. ’cause i already got the licorice.
@distractedbyzombies - on a friday and only 1 1/2 days left in school year. they just can’t.
@Bloodrootsandscales - this weekend promises to be full of irritation. unfortunately.
@RighteousBruin - i hope that is true.
The crew I work with would make your first graders look like little Einsteins!.
Oops, did I just say that out loud?
@Aloysius_son - yes. you did. (sort of)
I hate it when people leave and things change and there’s a whole set of new to deal with. But then, you persevere and you grow and you discover and someday you’re glad you did.
So (hugs) for the hard and Hurrah for the good, and Carry on, Carrie; you’re doing swell.
@lanney - aw, sniff. i may be a little melodramatic today, but i love your peptalks.
@promisesunshine - oh. understanding. I should try that sometime.
@distractedbyzombies - there is something in the water today.
@promisesunshine - hydrogen.
@distractedbyzombies - that shit oughtta been banned. these people are awful.
@promisesunshine - I’ll sign the petition.
oxo poor thing. i think lanney is right AND happy heathen is right. silly wisdom. i’m going with silly wisdom, for 40, alex
I have a lime instead of Twizzlers so I’m going with distilled fermented cactus juice. It seems to be doing the trick. If alcohol is not the answer, you’ve asked the wrong question!
@HappierHeathen - tequilla makes her clothes fall off. i’ve heard. also this here bourbon is smooth, man.
@Bels_Kaylar - i haven’t seen jeopardy! in a long darn time. glad you’re back from your voyage.
@promisesunshine - You heard right! What sort of bourbon didja get? I tend to go with Jack Daniel’s most of the time and Wild Turkey every once in a while. I might need to expand my horizons a bit.
@HappierHeathen - no idea. probably cheap. but hellishly good.
Hehe! I’m sorry for laughing but this sounds all too familiar! I’m pretty sure the hormonal swings level out at ~20… Hope you survive until then!
@murisopsis - i hope we all do. oh my god. i have 8 years of this?? i need to drink more.
How did I not know you have 1st graders??? My daughter just finished first grade!! For no reason at all, that makes me feel closer to you.
@ordinarybutloud - i know! 1st graders are just the most awesomest. love them.
@promisesunshine - my daughter learned a little marines-style song about first graders. “I don’t know but I’ve been told, First Graders are made of gold. They’re so nice and they’re so sweet, please don’t smell their stinky feet.” Her teacher taught her that. She laughs her tiny little butt off every time she sings it.
@ordinarybutloud - i can see why. it’s High larious.
@promisesunshine - yes. that’s my understanding. Between the song and her obsessive attention to “tooting,” she can crack herself up in virtually any situation.
@ordinarybutloud - snort.
dammit. we have a day and a half of school and i already freaking miss them. i hate the end of the school year.
@promisesunshine -
And I LOVE it!!! I’m sorry. I feel sad for you. I hope in August you’ll feel equally sad for me. :-p
@ordinarybutloud - it’s ok. summer will be great too. and whatever the heck i’m doing next year will be great too. everything is great. super great even.
If you had told me that first graders were good at filing I would be surprised. I know many adults who are not good at filing. Sigh. They don’t care, they never have to look through the files.
@leaflesstree - they needed guidance but i was trying to categorize books for the library (a project i should have finished weeks ago but didn’t) sigh. it’s all my fault.
Twizlers! Yummo. As for 1st graders with spray bottles, well, all I can say is that high schoolers seem to be much the same. I think they like the fumes.
Hugs & get well wishes for your mom.♥ Sometimes when people explain/teach me new things work related, I’ll tell them to explain it to me as if I were a 2 yr old.
@adventofreason - i was complaining about it to the 16 year old i live with (for the 10 minutes yesterday that she was actually speaking to me pleasantly) and she agreed that spray bottles are great fun. so.
@armnatmom - thanks. i ask for simple words and short sentences myself. (which is about the same thing)
I adore teaching and I adore kids…but the end of the school year is always hectic and bittersweet. I hope your Summer is a fun one…even with missing all the kiddos and the classroom.
I’m with you on the doc thing.
I’ve heard some things from docs that they should not have said.
Your mom is in my prayers.
Congrats to LLO!!! Yay, so cool!!!
Hope you and your girls have a GREAT weekend!!!
Tootsie Pop HUGS!!!
@adamswomanback - just looked at my summer. i’m working my butt off. but it’s all fun. and i did get to paint. and now i’m going to paint some more.