U Survived Another Summer By Doc

Yes Doc, you are absolutely right. Here I was posting on Facebook about how happy I was that the kids were finally back in school, when a get a text from you, one of my very best friends in the whole world, Doc(strictly said for his benefit since he may read this). " U survived another summer. Can't wait to read the blog" is what the text said. Of course he is not being sincere when he says this. If you know Doc, you know its meant to be funny. He really believes that I am a lady of leisure. Even though I am to some degree, I still have a crappy job, and if you are a mother, you know what I mean. I am not going to start listing my jobs because that is just ridiculous. I am not even going to justify what I do. You just won't understand this if you have a penis. Even though you may be stressed out, it is a different kind of stress, like where are my underwear, or I'm out of antiperspirant, can you pick some up or where are my shoes, have you seen them or what are you making for dinner, which is the most annoying question you can ask me! It's not that I don't want to make dinner, it's just that it really bugs me that it always has to be me. I know! Blah, Blah, blah..........

Anyway, I will say that I had a very easy first day of school. Connor started back a Calvert this year, so there is no drama getting to the bus in the mornings anymore. All the kids ride the same bus to school. So far there has been no drama in the morning regarding showers. It all seems to be working out so far. Thank god for that! I can't stand yelling and fighting but yelling and fighting in the morning would most likely push me over the edge. Speaking of getting pushed over the edge...........

Every year I take a picture of the kids at the bus stop while they wait for the bus and every year they are a complete pain in the ass about it. You think they would learn it would be over faster if they didn't fight it. This year on the way to the bus stop they saw me pull the camera out. "OH MY GOD MOM! ARE YOU SERIOUS. WELL YOU NOT TAKING A PICTURE OF ME" Then Regan and Ian chime in, "ME EITHER". To this I say "THING 1, THING 2, AND THING 3 HAVE TWO CHOICES, YOU CAN EITHER TAKE A NICE PICTURE TOGETHER AT THE BUS STOP BEFORE THE BUS COMES OR WHEN THE BUS PULLS UP, I CAN PUT ON MY FLASH AND LIGHT THE SKY UP TAKING PICTURES AS YOU WALK TO GET ON THE BUS!" Thing 3(Ian) responded very quickly with an OK, OK, I vote for before the bus comes. Connor and Regan followed suit. So I got my pretty little picture. They were actually smiling and let me also take a group photo with the other kids.