The windshield is my best friend

Drive to work, to lunch then home,
Pick up one kid, drive him alone.
The library, back home, then back out again,
The windshield has become, my best friend.

Out to the store, to buy food and wine,
Then out to Target, hope there is a short line.
Oh I forgot, the letter I must send,
The windshield has become, my best friend.

Tonight its Cub Scouts, let's all say the pledge,
Then on to book club, we're living on the edge.
Driving round town, will this ever end,
The windshield has become, my best friend.

Some day I'll just sit, on the porch in my rocker,
Reading a book, not driving to soccer.
Will I miss these days? I can't comprehend,
When the windshield is no longer, my best friend.

Ten on Tuesday on Wednesday

Well, better late then never.
10 things I love about my job

1. It allows me the flexibility to schedule my work around my kids so I can be home when they get home.
2. The paycheck. No need to ask the hubby if it's ok to hire a housecleaner, or get a massage.
3. New project every few months, to avoud getting board.
4. Going out to lunch with intellegent adults.
5. The flexible schedule
6. Flexibility
7. They pay for me to get my masters degree
8. Learning new stuff all the time
9. Paid vacation
10. Flexibility

forms forms and more forms

You would think by now they had everything automated and we could just log in somewhere and fill everything out and they could access it from some centrally located place down at that board of education, but I guess that's too much to ask. After fighting the crowds at Staples, then Walmart and Target for school supplies, my kids come home from their first day of school not with homework for them but for ME. 2 hours later I have signed my name 2 dozen times, pledging that I have reviewed the rules of conduct for school with my kids, tracked down the phone numbers of their doctor, plus 2 emergency contacts (in triplicate...) sigh. At least neither of them came home complaining that they got beat up on the playground or anything.

fall calendar

I just yelled at my kids. I never yell at my kids. Why did I yell at my kids? Because I just sat down to create our activites calendar for Sept., which school starting tomorrow I figured we should know what we're all going to be doing, since we'll all be in different directions. Let me tell you, between 2 kids playing soccer, cub scouts, fencing lessons, cello lessons, and jump rope squad (and these are just my kids activities) then there's my school, and my husband's soccer games...I can't wuite figure out when we're supposed to EAT. Anyone know of any taxi services out there??? Ugh.

Back to the blog

It's about time for me to spread my wings and take 5 minutes to write on my blog. I have been hesitant to do this becaus eI am on the computer so much and don't need one more reasn to sit here and write...but I keep reading my best friend's blog and it's so cool and I always think of things to write after reading hers, so we'll see.
My 9 year old yesterday asked me to tell him things he shouldn't do when he grows up. ALl I could think of was "wear a condom unless your ready to have kids" but I didn't think he was quite ready to hear that yet. SO, I went with the safe, don't smoke, don't drink and drive, and don't ever stop exercising. But he said he already knew all that and could I tell him something he didn't already know?

Any ideas are welcome. What things have you done that you would advise a younger person not to do when they grow up? Here's my 10:

1. Don't move away from your home town.
2. Don't live in the same town all your life.
3. Don't pick your profession because you think you will make lots of money.
4. Don't spend your money before you have it.
5. Don't marry for money.
6. Don't give up on your dreams.
7. Don't follow the crowd.
8. Don't keep your feelings inside.
9. Don't forget to smell the roses.
10. Don't loose your sense of fun and sense of humor.

Well there you have it.