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Those THREE GLORIOUS WORDS!
No, not ‘I love you’.
Not even ‘You’re not fat’.
Oh no. These three words are the best words any mother ever hears…
BACK TO SCHOOL!
Oh HELL yeah!
Its the day all kids – especially teenagers – dread, and all mom’s long for, it’s the day that I know means I can kick them out and then snuggle back into bed for a long winter’s nap. And on this first day, I don’t even MIND that I was working until 3:15 am, and my alarm went off at 6… no, because my kids? Are going back to school!
Aaaaaaaaah, peace and quiet.
They’ve been dreading it for weeks, you know. There’s NOTHING cool about back to school – except for that shopping trip with Nana which netted them with new outfits and fancy binders and all manner of sparkly cool things to wear and use. It finally hit The Boy last night as I picked him up from work.
We were talking about being broke – he just got paid, and the list of things needed for his truck is long, and sort of expensive. I said I knew the feeling, I’d paid bills, so was broke as well.
Him: We don’t need electric. I’ll get candles and I have books.
Me: The computers won’t work…
Him: did I SAY anything about my laptop?
Me; No… but no computers means nothing distracting for mom. i might, you know, start to TALK to you and ask QUESTIONS about your LIFE and DEMAND CONVERSATION. You know, like any other day, but WORSE… Like… any giiiiiirls I should know about?
Him: I only have ONE GIRL.
Me: (… knows where this is going) Is that so. Who?
Him: You! (hug!)
Me: You still have to go to school tomorrow.
Him: DAMMIT!
Me: (snicker!)
Despite his best smooze attempt, I still made sure he was awake at the bright hour of 6am, as well as Peppermist shortly thereafter so that she could get up, showered and dressed in her new finery. She even woke up her sister before I took the teens to school, so she could do the Pup’s hair. AND the BOY gave his sister a HUG. Awwwww.
So the teens are off already, the Pup will be catching the bus soon, and all signs point to “Mommy Nap Time” shortly after that.
Life? Is GOOD.
PS: Yes, Papa. I made their freakin’ pancakes. Stop nagging!
PPS: They fend for themselves tomorrow.
PPPS: please don’t remind me that said baby boy is a SENIOR this year. Peppermist is a SOPHOMORE. And the pup is in FIFTH GRADE. I don’t know how this happened. At all. Because I’m still 16.
PPPPS: Shut up. I can hear you laughing….
🙂
Zits!
No, no no. Not the “Omgewgrosspopthatbeforeittakesovertheworld” kind, but the cartoon kind! That still sounds bad. Anyway – the comic strip Zits, is finally letting one of it’s characters come of age! The ever lovely Marissa let me know earlier this month that all through August we can watch the star character, Jeremy Duncan, turn 16 […]
Insurance fright!
So he’ll soon be driving on his own – and you know what that means… Heart attack for mom. But also, it means that my insurance rates are about to get all sorts of jacked up. Nana understands, and she sent me this article about how to cut the cost of insuring your teen. Me, […]
LMK Sweepstakes!
A while back I talked a bit about the Girl Scouts LMK site that helps teach teens and tweens online safety with a fun interactive site. With a parents section and Teen section, the LMK (let me know) life online is a valuable resource for all our teenage girls.They even have teenagers writing as contributing […]
Boys and their toys…
You know what they say – boys never grow up. They just get bigger toys. Today I have a very happy boy! You see, a few months ago, I had the chance for a new/used jeep, and the boy helped me buy it by taking the old jeep off my hands. He didn’t want the […]
