School Has Started!!

I cannot express how thankful I am that school has started again.  Back to a schedule.  Back to knowing exactly where my children are at any given time... Well, between 7:00 am and 2:45 pm at least.  My mother used to tell us that the only birthday present we needed to give her (her birthday is August 28th) was to go back to school.  I remember, as a kid, I used to think that was horrible of her to say.  As a mother now myself - I couldn't agree more.

The girls got up this morning without issue.  I didn't really expect an issue today but tomorrow may be an entirely different story!  L usually gets up easily.  Even as a baby all I'd have to do is turn on her light and she'd be up.  K is a different story all together.  There have been more days than I can count that I've actually had to pull the mattress out from underneath her.  If you've never done that to a sleeping person, let me be the first to tell you that they don't appreciate the strength it takes.

Ok.  SERIOUSLY?!  I just got off the phone with K.  She irritates me to no end when I'm at work and apparently school starting isn't going to stop this annoying habit.  She called me after their half day was over today to see if she could go home with her friend, Chloe.  I told K I'd pick her up on the way home from work.  K called a little later to tell me that Chloe's mom would bring her home at 5 because Chloe has cheerleading practice tonight.  K just called to see if she could come home at 7:30.  When I said no she asked if she could come home at 8:30.  WTF?!?!  (Didn't I just post about her negotiating her way out of something good?)  Again I told her no.  OK.  Maybe what I actually said was "NO".  By this time I'm thinking that Chloe's mom can't drive K home after all, so I told K that if Chloe's mom can't drive her home before Chloe's cheerleading then I'd pick her up.  K told me that Chloe wasn't going to be going to cheerleading and can she stay until 7:30? 

I think there's something wrong with my kids.  Really, I do.  It doesn't matter what I say to them, unless there's something in it for them, they don't listen.  They have no idea what I'm saying to them.  I wonder if I start talking in Swahili if they'd understand.  I think I may just start not listening to them.  They tell me that they need lunch things and I'll hear "buy yourself new shoes".  They'll tell me that they need me to sign a permission slip to go on a field trip and I'll hear "make a cake". 

OR, and this really would be the friggin BEST ever, I could start calling them every hour on the hour to ask some insanely ridiculous question about the dog or soccer practice or gymnastics or Opa's colon.  And the plus side of that would be the possibility of their phone getting taken away by the principle!  Then I wouldn't have to listen to them whine that their battery died and they can't text so-and-so, and ohmygodtheworldisgoingtoend!!!  Or I could just limit their cell phone usage.  Ha!  That was a funny thought for a minute!!  The few times I've tried to punish that way it's backfired on me.  They get so annoying that I give them the phone back in two days rather than four days. 

Now I'm off to see Cheryl.  My oldest and dearest friend!  She lives in Louisiana and works for a gaming company.  She's been in WI this week until tonight and I'm going to go meet her for pizza and beer!! YUM!  I can't wait to see my Chippy Hick!