Post by erinshelley21 on Nov 6, 2019 10:28:23 GMT -5
Dear School, Why did you have us sign a form giving you permission to give our child tylenol if he needed it? Because I was just called to come pick up my kid that has red cheeks and a headache but no fever and that seems silly. I get that he looks like he feels terrible and fifths disease is going around, but he just has a headache from what he told me and the rash comes after the contagious stage. It doesnt even itch! I couldn't leave him at school because he was crying so I would have looked like an asshole, but he was crying because he didn't want to go home. Signed, a parent that knows to ask questions when you call
Lets all be good the next couple of days? I really am not in the mood to deal with any shenanigans.
Signed, Tired.
Dear friends,
We went to a cookout on a Tuesday for your birthday. Now you want to have drinks and wings on a Wednesday? I am old. I am not in college where I can go out during the week. I need to go home and put on soft pants and watch trashy tv and cook spaghetti.
Dear work, You are trying to kill me. I'm convinced. I just mapped out everything I have to do between now and the end of the year. No exaggeration, I have 2-3 extra events PER WEEK to plan and manage, on top of my regular day to day workload. I have no idea how I'm going to pull this off. I'm going to be working 24/7 to make it all happen, which is not ideal given that it's the holiday season and I have a life outside of the office. Signed, Exhausted already
Dear 3rd grad math quiz I think I would have flunked you. I have no idea what you were quizzing on. Was it multiplication, order of operations, drawing, or just being lucky on which ABCDEF multiple choice bubble you colored in. Mom who is good and likes math PS I think I need to sit through math class again to figure out what you are teaching
Dear PTO event Friday I think you might kill me before Friday. So glad I work all day and can say sorry can't meet at 9am to hash out details. Also principle I know you don't like our Fall Ball but could you work us please. We should be able to use school hula hoops but nope I'm borrowing some from the gym instead. Cranky PTO mom who is muting her phone today.
Post by traveltheworld on Nov 6, 2019 11:52:14 GMT -5
Dear DS,
Taking my business cards and handing them out to your friends' parents at school with a "call my mom so you can arrange a play date for X and I" is both rather ingenious and a little embarrassing (for me), though it has proven to be effective. I've now had a few moms text me their contact info. But maybe check with me next time before you do that, ok buddy?
If you're going to bug us to do expense reports quickly, could you please approve them before they get sent back to me weeks later for timing out? This is ridiculous.
Signed, just had to "borrow" money from my personal savings to pay my credit card bill since I'm waiting for so many reimbursements
Dear Self,
You're going to be sitting on a beautiful beach in a swimsuit in less than a month - start eating better!
traveltheworld one of our friends made business cards for both his elementary school aged boys specifically so they could hand them out to their friends. They have their picture on them, both parents names and contact info. It’s kind of genius because otherwise how do you get the info from/to other parents these days? Your DS is smart to take what already exists to make sure he can spend time with friends!
traveltheworld one of our friends made business cards for both his elementary school aged boys specifically so they could hand them out to their friends. They have their picture on them, both parents names and contact info. It’s kind of genius because otherwise how do you get the info from/to other parents these days? Your DS is smart to take what already exists to make sure he can spend time with friends!
This is so smart! My kids have taken to just telling people my phone number and ExH's address because they can't keep it straight. LOL A business card is genius!
We know you're a great kid, but last night we had parent teacher conferences and to have it start out with "DD is a wonderful child, and I absolutely adore having her in class with me" melted my heart a little bit. I was also pleased to hear that she's seen through your angelic charade - she knows that you occasionally will deliberately and quietly bug your tablemates to provoke a reaction and that they're not the only ones that should get in trouble when they respond. And she still likes you in spite of it.
As a result of your conferences, you'll also be getting more challenging reading, a speech evaluation, and potentially mom following up with the neurologist or an assessment there to see if your fine motor skills deficiencies are a concern.
Dear DS, Please apply yourself. We had your school conference this morning and your teacher says you are really smart but you need to take pride in your work. I’m thrilled you are maturing though and behavior isn’t an issue. We know you like math and science more than reading and writing but you still have to prove that you can do it. Your handwriting has to improve. You may be a doctor in the making. Thanks, Concerned mom
Post by covergirl82 on Nov 6, 2019 16:05:46 GMT -5
Dear weather,
Brrrr!!! Temps in the 30s and snow made for a cold outdoor field trip at the nature center this morning! Good thing it was DD's field trip and she likes snow.
Ditto. Today was a hard day. An employee wrote me about her overstepping with other employees.
A client is irrationally angry about a super tiny detail, and sent a nasty angry email.
A teacher has pertussis so they canceled after school clubs for 1 kid but not the other, cancelled aftercare and demanded all the parents be there at 4 to pick up all the kids do they can do a deep clean.
Then when we get home and DS has failed his math tests, and I had to reteach him all these math skills that he hasn’t grasped yet. We spent an hour on it but since we had so much to cover he only gets it like 25% and has another test tomorrow. He thought he was doing amazing in math so I didn’t realize he doesn’t have these necessary skills.
It’s 7, and it has been pitch black for 2 hours. It feels like 11 at night and the weather is in the 20’s here.
divanerd, I think I am the tutor lol. He just missed some concepts. He was at 25% yesterday and maybe 50% this morning so he is picking it up but not really fast enough for his test today. If I had known he wasn’t getting it I would have worked with him more, but he didn’t realize he wasn’t getting it either. He’s in advanced math so he is above grade level but math builds on itself so if ou miss something it can be kind of game over so I think it’s something to be more on top of.
I’ve been sick for days. I missed work Friday and slept much of the day. Yesterday I pretty much covered all things kid. We both went to DD’s volleyball, where you watched the game while I wrestled DS. I took DD outside to practice volleyball while you watched football and let DS play on his iPad. I wrangled kids when we went out to dinner. I handled movie night while you watched football in our bedroom. I leave tomorrow on a 3 day business trip I cannot miss. I desperately need to feel better tomorrow. So when I ask you a dozen times to take the kids to the park so I can rest, I don’t mean for you to sit on your laptop trying to choose a hotel to stay in when you run a marathon next year. Nor do I mean for you to try to leave DS with me while you go with DD. I need to REST. OKAY? Like you get to do all day every day when the kids are at school.