Knowing Steve had to leave at 0-dark-thirty this morning, I actually went to bed last night feeling like I had things under control. Only 1 person would need a shower this morning, the house was de-cluttered, I had lunch money for the kids (Note to self - write blog on the school lunch vs. taking lunch power struggle) Savannah actually had her basketball bag ready and every paper was signed. That left 1.5 hours to get dressed, eat highly-processed-full-of-white-flour-&-sugar cinnamon rolls, feed the dogs and leave.
It didn't work.
I pondered this thought all the way to school. Well, actually to the 3 different schools that I drove to. Sadly, even after that 20 minute trip, I don't have any clear answers. But, I do have a theory that is beginning to form.
Theory: Children are time-sucking bombs that can and will explode at any moment.
I feel the need to warn you that these bombs look innocent on the outside - a knee that needs an ace bandage wrapped around it, a 10 year old who wants to argue his decision to wear shorts when it is 32 degrees outside or a sock that doesn't feel quite right - but the results can be devastating. When one of these bombs explodes, somewhere between 15 minutes and an entire hour will evaporate completly.
The likely hood that one of these bombs will be launched is directly tied to how tight your schedule is. And the risk of explosion grows exponentially with the number of children present but is conversly affected by the number of parents involved.
Translated that means have any one parent responsible for getting three highly hormonal kids out the door and you can forget about leaving the house by 7:10 am no matter what time you get up.
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Throw in 3 dogs that have the potential to throw-up, run into the woods, pursue a chicken sandwich (feathers still attached and running away from said dog), or worse - the time can get away even faster.
I've an aunt that claims children have so much energy because they suck ours (the drained bamaged parents) right out of us!
This wouldn't be so funny if TODAY I had not packed lunches for 3 children and completely left off the 4th!! Now what's up with that?? As for the shorts battle, my 16-yr-old-enough-to-know-better son DID wear shorts today. Didn't bother to battle that one...even though I'm sure the snow on the ground was a poor reflection on ME.
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