I think a lot of my writer’s block is due to the the holiday stress. I just can’t seem to pull myself up out of this blue, depression hole.
The boys have been driving me nuts because they think I’m their personal entertainment system, meaning I will IMMEDIATELY find them something to do whenever one of them whines “I’m booooooooooooooooooooooooored”. I already told them one time that if someone says that they’re bored, I have a lot of chores that I could use some help doing.
I sure hope that 2008 is going to be better than 2007.
My response has been, “Bored my butt! Go find something to do with all those Christmas presents you just got!!” I know…I’m mean
Yup… I hear you on the being mean. When my boys tell me I’m being mean, I tell them “thank you. That tells me I’m doing my job.”
Counting down until school starts…
I tell my kids (Big Brother, mostly) that I took a class on how to be a mean mom, and does he think I need to go back and take another class to learn more. Makes me laugh, makes him mad, but oh well! I don’t have much patience when he tells me I’m a mean mom for not letting him have more screen time (when he has surely already had enough – too much probably – by the time he’s fussing about it.) And no, you can’t play Xbox at 7:30 in the morning. (Hmm, detect a “screen time” theme here? LOL)
((hugs))
So sorry! The post-holiday time can be a real let-down. Hugs and sympathy for sure!