When the sitters -- erm... SCHOOLS cancel.

One of Leah's teachers just paged me to let me know Leah would be coming home early because all of the county's schools are closing so I'd know to meet her bus.

That's it.  No explanation.  It was a pager message, after all.  Turns out there's some kind of widespread water outage.

Well, I'm home anyway, so it's not a problem.  But dammit...

Did this have to happen the DAY BEFORE WINTER VACATION? 

And how dare the school system shirk their responsibilities of taking my kid off my hands so I have the time to chill out and remember what it was like to be footloose and fancy-free?  Or to take care of pre-holiday craziness, depending on how responsible I'm feeling?

Don't those people at the schools know their real job isn't actually educating tomorrow's generation, but glorified babysitters?!  You'd think the paycheck and the hours would tip them off.

So, fine.  Leah's coming home in an hour. 

Which means I don't have time to return one gift I bought for her yesterday because I forgot someone already bought it off her amazon wishlist.  And I gotta figure out a way to keep her busy while I bake Amaretto cakes for the neighbors.  And we'll have to wrap gifts late at night instead of sleeping like normal humans.  And I'll have to listen to her constant yelling that she calls "singing," no matter how many times I tell her to STFU.

And that afternoon nap?  Canceled. 

Sob.

Comments

[Keri]

Yeah, try doing all the things you have to do with TWO kids (the second being a very fussy baby). I've been submitting my students' final grades SUPREMELY late. Still working on one class and I'm reading your blog. Go figure. =P Happy Holidays to you and your family! =D

[Lady V]

Amaretto cakes? Do send me the recipe, dah-links!