You see, he's getting out of school early today, as we have to get ready to drive to Manson this afternoon, to go to a wake tonight. By having him go to school in the morning, he only misses half a day, and can still go to his homeroom lunch party during lunch period.
Which he thought was great, until this morning.
He woke up on the wrong side of the bed, and declared that he did not want to go to school at all this morning, and that it was terrible that I was making him go to school.
Hel-LO? Okay, last night it was good, and today it's bad? What's up with that?
Aha... he confessed that he had two paragraphs to write for Reading class, that he thought he was going to miss, because yesterday morning when he went to school, he thought he would be missing all of Friday.
But, I told him when he got home yesterday that he was going in the morning, because we didn't have to leave until later than I had thought... So... he had just plain forgotten.
Luckily, I am taking him to school today, so he had a good half hour longer than normal to work. His report is now printed, in his bag, along with his "Please excuse..." note, and his $5 for the lunch party.
And he's wearing his new shirt to cheer himself up...
2 comments:
Not mean at all! :)
Sounds like our house in the morning, but with twice as much, er, griping (not my first word of choice).
The best is when our daughter wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, and dawdles while getting dressed, and when told to hurry up starts in with "I hate the bus!!" You have to hear her say it to appreciate it.
I'm glad the iMac arrived in one piece. :)
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With mine, I have to get him up early enough that he has time to adjust to the shock of it being morning already, has time to throw on clothes, eat one or two bowls of cereal, watch cartoon network for a bit, gather up anything he forgot to put on his big, suddenly remember he needs lunch money as he's running to catch the bus, etc., or else he is grouchy beyond all belief. :)
My son likes the bus, because he's been taking Cy-Ride (the university bus system) for years. He used to talk with the bus drivers quite a bit, and learned the term "Drunk Bus" from one of the younger ones at the tender age of 10. That was easier to explain than the word "Harlot" (re: "Scarlett the Harlot", Nebraska Ren Faire last Memorial Day - except I chickened out on explaining that one).
My son says "THANK YOU!" for the iMac! He watched most of Return of the King last night, then busily installed WarCraft. This one has a much nicer video card, and I can already see that the poor tangerine iMac is going to be displaced permanently. You made his day...
He's going to be ticked to have to leave it behind today...
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