The Stranglehold of Active Parental Participation
I have not stopped since last Saturday, and it's not slowing down. I'm going to the zoo today with Ian's class. Aidan graduates on Friday from preschool and IT'S A BIG DEAL...three hour commencement party, magic show, another plate of cookies to bake. Two parties Saturday..oh geez, I need to get gifts. Picnic on Sunday.
Remember summer...lazy, long days at the lake, or watching Gilligan's Island, waiting for the ice-cream man? What happened to those glorious, never-ending days?
I feel these commitments tightening around my neck like a... like a....
argghhh!
(In case snakes gross you guys out, I made the pic small).
Remember summer...lazy, long days at the lake, or watching Gilligan's Island, waiting for the ice-cream man? What happened to those glorious, never-ending days?
I feel these commitments tightening around my neck like a... like a....
argghhh!
(In case snakes gross you guys out, I made the pic small).
posted by cakeboom at
3:44 AM
5 Comments:
Oooh, I'm so totally with you, here. All the commitments are driving me to the point where I'll need to BE committed!
Sharing in your misery,
LadyBug
I used to be the mom who didn't say "no" to anything. Then I realized that I was making myself crazy, my kids crazy, and it wasn't worth it. I'll pitch in if someone absolutely positively can't find any other help, but otherwise, I'll show up but I won't bring cookies.
Also, my husband works out of town four days a week. I'm a single parent for those days. I simply don't have time to commit to everything!
We're having a lazy summer this year. It's awesome!
Man, you've got a lot on the clobber plate! Nothing like a busy summer to make you want to hide inside the house with the air conditioning cranked and ignore everyone!
Stay sane! (And stay away from the snakes, pleeease...)
I hope your summer does slow down. I remember last year, feeling like you are now, thinking, wait a minute, isn't summer supposed to be calm, relaxing? I was a crazy woman. I hope I can do better this year. I hope your summer is refreshing, too.
oh my! I initially thought that was a leopard printed necktie or some goofy scarf. Not until you mentioned that it was a snake did I realize... and then, like a dummie, I went ahead and clicked the picture to see it Big.
Bravery.
Wow. If you can handle a snake making a stranglehold of your head and neck, you can handle anything. Wow.
;-)
I hope everything goes/went okay and that you can find a way to balance out all of the 'fun' stuff with relaxing time, so that the fun stuff really is fun.
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