In two more days...really less than that because today is pretty much over...school starts here. So I will go from trying to entertain five rambunctious and high maintenance little boys all day, to only having to entertain two of those five boys for six hours of each day. I am very excited.
Of course at the end of the school year last year I was itching for summer. I was excited to just have lots of time with my boys, having fun, playing, doing art projects etc, etc. After about a week of summer life I was missing school. I was ready to have some moments of more quiet.
Now, I don't want you to misinterpret me. I love my boys. They are fun, and creative, and sweet. They are also...loud, obnoxious, whining, spitting, clawing, kids. I know...that sounds like the bad outweighs the good. It doesn't...but everything in moderation right? RIIIiiiiiGHT. So my idea of moderation is that instead of 24 hours a day of noisy screaming pandemonium (if you include my dreams sometimes...it could really be 24 hours a day), I get a six hour break that is 3/5ths less noisy, and if you count that two of those school boys are quite a bit louder than their brothers most of the time, or that they have a knack for irritating their other brothers and causing THEM to make more noise...its like I am getting a 75% noise reduction. My head feels better already. Plus, there is the possibility that if I get to focus more attention on those two boys that are at home all day, maybe they won't be so whiny for attention later in the day. It could turn into a wonderful thing all around.
What do you bet that after a week of school I will be wishing for the next three day weekend, or Thanksgiving break, winter break, spring break, and finally SUMMER! I imagine that will be the case. But for that first week, I am going to enjoy my freedom...freedom to go grocery shopping or to the Library during the day and only have two kids to contend with. Freedom to listen to my music without having to hear the whining that they want to listen to THEIR music. Freedom to hear myself think. I am so excited.
Of course at the end of the school year last year I was itching for summer. I was excited to just have lots of time with my boys, having fun, playing, doing art projects etc, etc. After about a week of summer life I was missing school. I was ready to have some moments of more quiet.
Now, I don't want you to misinterpret me. I love my boys. They are fun, and creative, and sweet. They are also...loud, obnoxious, whining, spitting, clawing, kids. I know...that sounds like the bad outweighs the good. It doesn't...but everything in moderation right? RIIIiiiiiGHT. So my idea of moderation is that instead of 24 hours a day of noisy screaming pandemonium (if you include my dreams sometimes...it could really be 24 hours a day), I get a six hour break that is 3/5ths less noisy, and if you count that two of those school boys are quite a bit louder than their brothers most of the time, or that they have a knack for irritating their other brothers and causing THEM to make more noise...its like I am getting a 75% noise reduction. My head feels better already. Plus, there is the possibility that if I get to focus more attention on those two boys that are at home all day, maybe they won't be so whiny for attention later in the day. It could turn into a wonderful thing all around.
What do you bet that after a week of school I will be wishing for the next three day weekend, or Thanksgiving break, winter break, spring break, and finally SUMMER! I imagine that will be the case. But for that first week, I am going to enjoy my freedom...freedom to go grocery shopping or to the Library during the day and only have two kids to contend with. Freedom to listen to my music without having to hear the whining that they want to listen to THEIR music. Freedom to hear myself think. I am so excited.
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