Kick their tushies, Laura.

(You may need a ladder.)

Dude, you are totally horrible and mean! GO YOU!

Kristen - auughh! total unfair play on the part of the school. Glad you have a good department head.

I'm going to a community meeting where two Large Personalities are battling for Control. I will attempt the mighty feat of keeping my mouth shut and, at the same time, not getting placed on any committees. Gah.

Sorry, Bitches. It is the Monday-est Wednesday ever. I just got a call that two people I work with went to complain about my communication in emails being too "casual" to THEIR boss. Did they even breathe a word of what was bothering them to me? Nope. Do I have to have meetings about this now? Yup.

Wait a minute, Laura. Are you telling me this parenting gig gets HARDER?

Crap.

Happy Hump Day.

I have a late library book to return tomorrow and we're going to Stride Rite for shoes for Little Miss Tippy Toes.

Phone boy is protesting that he was illegally searched, or some such thing. He had his hand in his pocket, teacher asked him to empty pocket, the moment that phone hit teachers hand a text came through from his girlfriend. Rule says that phone must be turned off and in book bag. Seems pretty simple to me. Busted.

The other one comes home and I tell him to do this and that and the other thing. He plays with his cars and stuff on the floor of the living room for a couple hours. I remind him a few times of the list. Time comes to go to his thing with his friends and I mention the list. He makes empty promises and complains for 45 minutes about how unfair life is. Of course said list could have been completed in that time. He throws stuff and pouts.

Me, I am going to my GF's later to watch Lost and drink wine and will leave their sorry butts at home. With no computers. If I hear any more crap the tv box will be locked too.

Grrrrrr! I will win the meanest mommy ever award and wear it proudly.

t /mommy rant

Urgh, Robin. That's not cool.

Wait a minute, Laura. Are you telling me this parenting gig gets HARDER?

Really, I think it gets easier because I can argue with them and take stuff away. It is harder to make a younger child understand why you are punishing them. They don't agree, but they do understand.

Laura, you're hard core. I bow before your Mad Mommy Skilz.

Robin, whatever happened to people addressing issues like that with the actual, you know, PERSON? That's really pissy.

JZ, the job people are the ones missing out. I hope you find something you like, though. And that you've had your martini.

My hour of kid free internet cruising is about up. I need to get kids pajammied up and figure out what husband-shaped person wants to do this evening.

Robin, a world of HUH?? (also your cute DH sent me email again)