My Back to School Blues

Blogging. Its so new age, and I'm so not. But after reading some of the best things on here, I thought maybe, just maybe I could have something to contribute. We'll see... So here goes nothing.

Diary of a bad mom. That's the story of my life, well at least the last 6 and half years of it. I have these moments where I wonder how some government official has not shown up on my doorstep to to remove these children from my care. Lately, there's a lot of these moments. My oldest daughter just started first grade yesterday. This being big news around our home~ whole days and one extra recess. This morning the alarm goes off and I hit snooze, and then snooze again and I went for a third but I bucked up and planted my feet on the floor. Walked into their bedroom and said "Ryleigh, time to get up for school". To which she says 'can I stay home today?' I paused. Now in my mind, a good mom would never have even considered this. Me. I thought, well, I wouldn't have to do the battle of that doesn't match, those don't fit, eat your breakfast faster, let me comb your hair, rush out of the house, avoid the speed trap by the school and duel the SUV/minivan brigade that awaits at the elementary drop off.

Needless to say, the thought came and passed. We battled, she ate, we left. We'll see how tomorrow goes.