Monday, May 30, 2011

yes, well.

if i could send a message back in time to myself at the end of november, i'd say a lot of things.  the most prevalent being WHY IN HECKFIRE ARE YOU TAKING THE ENTIRE MONTH OF DECEMBER OFF?  THAT'S THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD.

because i just realized that if we had worked through the month instead of going ahead and taking a nice long break from schoolwork, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SUMMER VACATION RIGHT NOW.

ugh.

there are no words for the amount of difficult it is to reign my seven-year-old into sitting at a table and doing simple worksheets.  worksheets that a few short weeks ago, he happily sped through while i watched on, serenely sipping a cup of tea.  okay, so maybe not happily, but with little to no complaint.  i had no idea just how lucky i had it.

i know i'm being a bit overdramatic.  shut up.  it isn't as bad as i'm making it out to be, i'm sure.  but right now, i'm about to lose my mind.  i've already lost my temper.  multiple times.

not sure if it's the beautiful day, or the allure of better cartoons on TV all celebrating the completion of the school year, or the fact that our pool is sitting right there, beautiful and crystal clear and inviting.  maybe it's a combination of all three.  but we have been at it for THREE HOURS NOW, y'all.  worksheets generally take an hour per kid.  this is just beau we're dealing with here.

so you see my pain.

not to mention having to witness everyone's beautiful and fun memorial day updates on facebook while we're stuck here with nowhere to go and nothing to do while everyone else celebrates.  oh wait, we have something to do.  it's called school

again, shut up.  we celebrated memorial day yesterday with a family fun day in the pool and burgers and everything else you're supposed to celebrate with.  it was awesome.  i'm just jealous of everyone who's getting to do it again today.

i did do something fun today that we'll get to enjoy in a couple of weeks.  i ordered some books from amazon.  rachel will be so proud.

anyway.  i'm letting beau have a little break now.  he needs it, i need it.  then, after we've both collected ourselves, we're gonna head back in there and slay the beast.

and then we might go swimming.