GRRRR...
I was looking forward to a nice, leisurely weekend of sleeping late, relaxing and the like. Alas, it was not to be. Why? That would be because my eight year old daughter finds it perfectly acceptable to wake Momma at 6:15 am on a Saturday...to find out where her Summer Reading Program Sheet would be.
I know, I know. I should be thrilled that she wants to jump into the Program and read, read, read. Especially since she has only been out of school for two days. However...
1. My daughter doesn't see this Program so much Exciting as she does Something that must be Accomplished NOW. It's a little scary that, at age 8, she must Divide and Conquer prior to relaxing. Everything is a Challenge. I fear she's a budding Type A personality.
2. The Reading List was on the kitchen table, exactly where I laid it last night. When we were TALKING ABOUT IT.
3. Her father was asleep next to me. She never wakes him up. In fact, two hours (and 15 minutes) later, he is still asleep. I, on the other hand, have ingested two cups of coffee, watched tv, completed three loads of laundry and done the dishes.
Not that I'm bitter or anything.
As a prize for waking me so early, Nooze has been sent to clean her room. She will begin raking the lawn next. As I told her earlier: There's no sense being awake at this time on a Weekend if we aren't getting things DONE. [I turned the television off as I said this.]
Perhaps, next weekend, she will think twice before waking me at Oh-God Thirty...
I know, I know. I should be thrilled that she wants to jump into the Program and read, read, read. Especially since she has only been out of school for two days. However...
1. My daughter doesn't see this Program so much Exciting as she does Something that must be Accomplished NOW. It's a little scary that, at age 8, she must Divide and Conquer prior to relaxing. Everything is a Challenge. I fear she's a budding Type A personality.
2. The Reading List was on the kitchen table, exactly where I laid it last night. When we were TALKING ABOUT IT.
3. Her father was asleep next to me. She never wakes him up. In fact, two hours (and 15 minutes) later, he is still asleep. I, on the other hand, have ingested two cups of coffee, watched tv, completed three loads of laundry and done the dishes.
Not that I'm bitter or anything.
As a prize for waking me so early, Nooze has been sent to clean her room. She will begin raking the lawn next. As I told her earlier: There's no sense being awake at this time on a Weekend if we aren't getting things DONE. [I turned the television off as I said this.]
Perhaps, next weekend, she will think twice before waking me at Oh-God Thirty...
posted by rennratt at 7:24 AM
7 Comments:
Good lord, there's no call to be up that early! There's always the bathroom to clean...
LOL... you are a wise woman. I believe next weekend you will be sleeping in as late as you like.
I'm the lazy mom who semi snoozes on the couch while the kids watch TV. I am NOT a morning person.
Man...that stinks!! How 'bout getting the little darling a clock, and telling her (as I did to my kids) 'don't bother mommy until 8 a.m. unless there's smoke or blood involved.'
Worked for me, after a fashion. Of course it turned my Things into couch potatoes, so there's the downside.
ah, that's where I guess I am blessed. My hubby has trained my kids to NOT wake me up...they go to him when they have issues in the night (of course, this only works IF they actually come wake him...if they cry in their rooms, it is usually me who gets up). This is because I will not be able to go back to sleep. This morning, apparently my son walked into my room, I was out, my hubby was on the couch (he has a horrid cough and gave me a night of peace, lol)...so my son came downstairs to wake him. LOVE IT!!!!!
I love that tactic. Your numbered points were very familiar territory.
You think this...
There's no sense being awake at this time on a Weekend if we aren't getting things DONE
...
might have something to do with why she MUST ACCOMPLISH HER READING LIST?
lol
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