Yes, we need them too.
The following are good reasons for a home school teacher/mom to take a work day…
- The house is a mess.
- Mountains of laundry are cropping up. It’s particularly bad if you can hardly reach the knobs on the washer.
- You threw a party celebrating your daughter’s 13th birthday over the weekend where you entertained and fed about 20 of her friends.
- Four of the friends spent the night at your house on Saturday.
- Your son played in a baseball tournament on the same weekend in a town over an hour away.
- On Sunday your baby screamed in the car all the way to said town because it was just the two of you. Usually he has someone in the back seat to entertain him. You pull over on the side of a country road three times to stick his pacifier in his mouth. He waits until you’ve just pulled back out on the road before he continues his lament. You try handing him everything within arm’s reach: a diaper, a plastic spoon, a hat, the cigarette lighter. Nothing works. You’ve never been so envious of the dead opossum you passed on the side of the road, and you vow to never be alone with him in the car again….even if it means picking up a hitchhiker.
- It’s September. The ragweed counts are high. You’re highly allergic to ragweed. You’re dying.
- The Bears play their season opener on Sunday night. They lose. To the Packers. You cry yourself to sleep and wake up groggy.
Just one or two of the above reasons would make a good case for canceling school today to focus on your house, your lesson plans, your sinuses, on why your life is so lame that you cry over an NFL game. I, however, have ALL of those reasons.
It is 9:10 AM on Monday. All of my children are still in their beds. And I don’t care.
OK, just to be clear, this was cute and all, but I hope up next is a post about the party!!! Would love to hear all about it!!
OH, and sorry I didn’t call over the weekend — sounds like you were busy anyway!! The girls fell asleep in the car and talking could have risked breaking their peaceful slumber… well, we both know the value of a peaceful car ride!!
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I hope when your slumbering children woke you gave the two oldest a list of chores and said, “Today we are studying Home Economics. You are cleaning the house and taking care of your baby brother. The day’s success determines my mood, and we know how important that is to you. I’m taking a book to my bath tub, I will see you at a time to be determined by how wrinkled my skin becomes.”
Love you!
Yeah. Sometimes you just have those days, even in Australia.
The Boss read this post and laughed out loud, which is something that she normally doesn’t do. Then she said, “She’s really funny.” This, from a gloating Packers fan.
Honetly, I love her to death, 363 days of the year.
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Here’s my suggestions:
Messy house-burn the house down. Use the stack of laundry that is flowing out of your laundry room to light the blaze. Soak the clothes with gasoline and let ‘er rip.
Slumber party? Fun games like who can clean the toilet bowl ring the best? Let’s scrub the grout clean! Need to clean the oven to make the pizzas? Not only provide hours of entertainment, but then the house would be clean, and it is guaranteed that these girls will never return!
Screaming baby? Put the car seat on the roof of the car and go. Make sure baby is facing the back or bugs will fly in his mouth.
Bears? Honey, I’m a Bills fan!! Four consecutive super bowl loses!! What is worse than that?
Oh, yeah, we started off the season with a loss tonight!
lol, have a great week!
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You are hilarious and I love this post. Found it from looking into sonlight. I will be back…
And I love it because I have been there, a lot!