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Notes on a Monday morning
Or: Hindsight is 20/20. And less grumpy.
5:00 a.m. G leaves for the airport for a business trip. Bye, babe.
5:22 a.m. I am the early seminary driver. I have had less than three hours of sleep due to very fun visitors. I don't do early mornings very well. Drag myself up for the 5:35 departure time.
5:30 a.m. I remind daughter (who is eating breakfast) that we have to leave soon to pick up E. and drive the 20 minutes to the church. Forget to use "good morning, Mary Sunshine, voice"
5:35 a.m. I wait in the car, watching through the windows while the daughter dashes upstairs to find something, then down, then to the kitchen, then back to the upstairs. My pet peevery feelings activate, with the assistance of early morning grumpiness.
5:41 a.m. Daughter comes out, juggling folders, toast, glass of water, cell phone. No backpack. Daughter dashes back in to find backpack.
5:47 a.m. Finally we leave the house. My grumpiness breaks the dam and I gush a flash flood/ loud lecture on the benefits of advanced planning, being on time, courtesy, adding a flourish by throwing many other items into my dawn discourse. Daughter sits, silently picking at her toast. I go on far too long. And I don't feel any better afterwards, incidentally.
5:53 a.m. Pick up E.
6:10 a.m. I drop off the girls at church and drive home feeling ashamed of my tirade. Think of how awesome it is that a 16-y-o girl wakes herself up at 4:45 in the morning and goes to daily early morning religious instruction not only willingly but with eagerness. I deflated that over a 10 minute delay? Sheesh.
Can I have a do-over?
{Well, yes I can. Every morning this week.}
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Reader Comments (14)
you're still awesome, as are your children
I took my turn with the Seminary carpool last week. Leaving at 5:10 am and picking up 3 others. When one makes us wait in her driveway for 7 minutes I'm pretty forgiving. But 2 days later when my own daughter makes me wait and we are late picking the others up, I'm am not as forgiving. What's wrong with me???
my goal every night-- get to bed early.
Grumpy or no, I think your daughter still loves you!
4:45 am? I went to Seminary everyday for 4 years, but where I'm from, 4:45 am is not morning, it's savor the last of that really good REM sleep time. She's a good girl, you're a good mom.
I ALWAYS go on far too long. ALWAYS.
I'm feeling your pain...but U2 was oh so worth it :) and spending the weekend with fabulous friends who gave me hope was worth the tiredness today. Thanks A. for the great weekend.
Jen
i was going to say what emily said. you are still amazing.
don't you hate the feeling though, like you cut your lecture off too soon, and you still had many more precious words of wisdom to impart? it's a hard feeling to let go of.
That girl of yours is a pretty forgiving one, I am sure.
And why can't we have do-overs? Dangit!
Awesome. Loving your hindsight.
And tomorrow you can trap her in the car while you gush her praises. She'll totally remember that over this morning's tirade.
have a supr yummy after school snack waiting and she will totally forget it.
repeat after me: I Am A Good Mom
This is how (by example)we teach our children repentance and forgiveness.
Just when I think I am building a mansion for myself in heaven by teaching early morning Seminary, I have a complete sleep-deprivation-induced tantrum and that celestial wrecking ball destroys all my hard work!
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I can TOTALLY relate to this... why can't I just STOP?!? I bet the next day was better... we live and learn, that is why we are here - right?!!