August 25th, 2008
I managed to fill my 6 hours of quiet. I worried. I waited. I wondered. Just like I said I was going to do.
I sent their first day of school pictures to everyone I knew and mentioned to a few people that it was harder for me to put Matthew on the bus today than it was the first day of kindergarten.
Perhaps they’ll let me have my nurturer card back after today.
Samara arrived home first. As ususal, she didn’t come straight home… tried to hide out at the neighbors.
When I finally spotted her and called her home, the first words out of her mouth were, “Can you believe I have stupid homework on the first day of school?”
Actually, her first words were “I brought you a cupcake home but I ate all the icing off of it.”
Then she complained about the homework.
I sat her right down at my desk to start on her homework.
And then the fighting began. I can see that this homework thing is not going to get any better. What should’ve taken 30 minutes took two hours.
TWO HOURS.
Welcome back, Mom.
Matthew arrived home an hour or so after Sam and I took a break from the homework drama to ask him how his day was.
His answer?
“I don’t ever want to go back there.”
However, there were no tears so I wasn’t worried. When I finally got out of him what had happened, and told him that it happened to lots of kids, he seemed to settle down.
When he got to his game, I told him to take his frustrations out on the kid on the field across from him. By the end of the night, when he was asked about his day, his response?
“It was okay.”
I feel confident that he will not beg me to homeschool him which is good because I can’t do that.
Ever.
Not enough money in the world. But I admire those of you who do.
It’s not for us.
But the good news is, despite the long day at school and the lack of sleep the night before, the Titans beat the Cavaliers 30-6. (And I used to be a Cavalier…)
So we’re undefeated so far, but the season is still young. And I think carrying that around makes up for the fact that you didn’t know what period you were in during the day.
Until next time…
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