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There are some moments in Life that are so completely surreal and this is one of them. This whole "middle school" thing. My kid is going to Middle School. Tomorrow morning. It does not matter that there has been an orientation, that pens and notebooks and three-ring binders just for science are ready to fill his backpack, it does not matter that I have said things like awesome, sounds fun and you'll be fine, or practice getting up early and finish reading your book there is a quiz on the second day of school.
I am still in some sort of Is this really my Life? shock.
It is just...weird.
Because in the middle of all of this middle school stuff I am just a girl who grew up into a woman who grew babies in her belly and makes dinner and builds Lego towers and scribbles in the margins of her journals, who spends too much on cell phone minutes and texts when she is over the limit. In the middle of all this I can sometimes smell the dusty scent of a hallway in the too-early morning or the musty cigarette trail of a gym teacher after lunch. In the middle of all of this middle school stuff, I stand in awe and wonderment that this, in fact, is mine. What was, what is, what will be.
Instead of continuing on in a rambling, trying to figure out the meaning of Life rant, I decided to focus on maybe making something useful. Something that could say the things I want to say to him before he falls asleep tonight. Also? I really wanted to try out this fun new thing I got and so this is what I came up with. And, since I wasted so much of my never enough time to do anything time on making it, I figured why not post it?
After, of course, I paint my just about third grader's nails.
You know you have to paint your nails for the first day of school, right, Mom?
Right. Of course. From one girl to another, of course. ~
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I think you just made an awesome slideshow for Middle School Orientation! That was fantastic! Love that you painted her nails for Third Grade--it's nice to be able to share a few girly things, just mom and daughter. :) So, Happy Back-to-School to you and the kids! Let me know how it goes!!
ReplyDeleteHa! With the taxes I pay to live in this town, and send my kids to these schools, I ain't giving them SHIT! Kidding. Sort of.
DeleteI am glad that you liked it. Yea, I try to squeeze stuff in when I can...even if I painted her nails kneeling on her bedroom floor last minute before bed.
:-)
Happy Back to School. Wonderful field guide. You really should shop this to the schools around you for their orientation program. I think it would make a lot of scared and anxious kids feel a whole lot better.
ReplyDeleteBack to school for us was last week. It went smashingly well. K loves 3rd grade so far, but be warned...it is SO not 2nd grade. There was the first day "get to know you and your classmates" and then day 2 they jumped right into work. K returned home a little shell-shocked. But, then she made a plan and decided that it would be better to get home, have a quick snack and get her homework done right away because that way she has the rest of the day to do her own thing. She came up with that. I tried for 2 years to get her to do that but no, homework was done after dinner, she'd be tired, I'd be spent, there were tears. 3rd grade matured her a little bit. Whoopeee!!!!!
My little ones are doing "home-schooled preschool". My husband (he's a SAHD) rocks the
"classroom". S and D are so excited about learning and "school" that they ask every day for class. Husband only does it 3 times a week for 2.5 hours - just like regular preschool. I can't stand that everyone is growing up so fast.
Oh, and as for the nails, it's so important to have that with your daughter. I do "Girl Only Time Spa Treatments" occasionally with all 3 girls. I do a foot spa (have a home foot spa they discovered and REALLY wanted to try out, now it's become a mandatory part of Girl Time)and manis/pedis complete with hand/foot massage. We put on "spa music", usually a classical station to calm them down, I'll light a candle for nice scents. It's really fun.
DeleteOkay, so, I just typed THE LONGEST COMMENT EVER and *poof* dee-fucking-doof it's just...gone? I was in the process of actually typing still so I know I didn't hit something weird.
DeleteSo, now, I have to sum it up. Which sucks and feels impersonal.
Anyway,
Your Hubby Rocks.
I have a foot spa too and come to think of it where the hell is that thing, anyway?
My Kayla had serious homework issues last year as well. Today was the first day, so they didn't get any homework, so I am curious to see how she handles things as a third grader. Ugh. She can be so high maintenance sometimes. Then I went into this whole rant about how hectic it is after school till bedtime during fb/cheer season the nights we have practice, then I said something like "Kayla's most exciting part of her first day was the fact that she and her friend walked home from school without their older siblings. 'Cuz they are both in middle school now.
Also? I would like to come to your house for a hand and foot massage but probly that would skeeve you out. I hate feet. Even my own. But your spa sounds so inviting I just may drive 500 miles to visit.
Finally? If you were ON TWITTER then you would know that I have officially won the SHITTIEST PARENT AWARD 2012: Today, when I popped my eyes open, the clock said 9:15. Both kids were still asleep. My son's bus had come and gone without him. Middle school starts at 8:25, elementary for Kayla at 9 am. So, yea...Happy Back to School Kids! Love, Your Shitty Mother.
I hate when you are writing and poof, it's gone. That pisses me off so much. It happens to me a lot.
DeleteI hate feet too, except my kids - they have cute little feet, but they have to be right out of the bath in order for me to touch them. Husband - he's out of luck.
Congrats on your Shittiest Parent Award 2012! You f'in rock! Hope today was better :)
Oh I love this! I could take all of this and apply it to adult life.
ReplyDelete(these are like postcards of life)