Ah... Finally peace and quiet. What an evening this has been. Homework.... lots of it. D had to make a poster about Moray Eels for school. Normally this would not be a big deal-- print out some pictures and info to read to him, but dumb ass me had not loaded the software for my printer onto my new computer... and it took me over an hour to find the frigging disk. Needless to say I was extremely irritated and stressed by the time I found it. As a result, my children have seemed extra loud and obnoxious to me tonight. I have to admit I am glad that they are now in bed.
D did a great job on his poster (I'll post a photo later). The poor boy had to constantly struggle to keep his baby sister from taking over the project though. Little A insisted on helping him cut out his pictures-- this was okay, but he had to draw the line when she grabbed his glue stick and tried to paste the pictures onto the poster board. A struggle ensued, and some paper was ripped, and Little A ended up in Time Out for quite a while. In the end, D was able to complete his project on his own, and he is very proud of it.
Meanwhile, Big A was doing her spelling homework, reading a book for her book report, and trying to learn the States and their Capitals for a test on Friday. She's in FIRST grade for crying out loud! How am I supposed to teach her all of the states and capitals in a week? Hell, I don't even know them! This homework crap is for the birds... I suspect that it will get worse before it gets better though, so I better try to get used to it.
Now I am sitting on the couch, completely wiped out. Guess I won't be folding the mountains of laundry like I planned... I'm sure that I could manage to get up and do it-- if I forced myself. But I suspect that that is not going to happen. I feel myself fading out as I write. Bed is calling to me, and I am sure I will be there within the hour. For now though, I will just sit here, listening to the rain and enjoying the quiet.
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