Sometimes it is just very hard to be a parent.<\/p>\n
(I know, newsflash, alert the media! But it’s my pity party, I can wallow in the obvious if I want to.)<\/p>\n
This afternoon was hard. I know there’s the whole kindergartener-in-a-big-school thing and the long-day-at-school thing, and even the whole birthday’s-coming-up thing*, but some days I have a really hard time dealing with the falling-apart-at-pickup thing with good humor. Of course I realize he’s little and I’m big and should have more resilience, more backbone, more rope. But my rope gets short quickly sometimes, like today. My expectations of happy reunions, calls of “Hi Mom!” and excited responses to “how’s your day?” are not met. Then I yell and feel like a big meanie and beat myself up all night long. Good times!<\/p>\n
* I read something once that said that kids tend to have grumpy times around birthdays and half-birthdays, which has been mostly true for Gus.<\/p>\n
I think I will try using the car for pickup for the foreseeable future. That should help with the tiredness, at least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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