Teaching Myself a Lesson
This morning, after I brought the kids to school, I noticed that Daughter had forgotten the lunch I`d packed for her.
Let her go hungry this time, I thought. I`m sick and tired of making her lunches and reminding her again and again, and then bringing it to school for her everytime she forgets (which is not often, but once every other month or so).
She really needs to learn to remember by herself, I thought. She needs to be better organized. Someday when I go back to work, I won`t be able to bring her forgotten lunches to school for her.
When I went to pick her up at school today, I said to her, "Are you hungry? Sorry, I didn`t bring your lunch that you forgot."
She looked at me blankly.
"Um...Mama? You ordered hot lunch for me today!"
Oh. Right.
I really need to learn to remember these things.
Let her go hungry this time, I thought. I`m sick and tired of making her lunches and reminding her again and again, and then bringing it to school for her everytime she forgets (which is not often, but once every other month or so).
She really needs to learn to remember by herself, I thought. She needs to be better organized. Someday when I go back to work, I won`t be able to bring her forgotten lunches to school for her.
When I went to pick her up at school today, I said to her, "Are you hungry? Sorry, I didn`t bring your lunch that you forgot."
She looked at me blankly.
"Um...Mama? You ordered hot lunch for me today!"
Oh. Right.
I really need to learn to remember these things.
posted by L. at 4:43 PM
9 Comments:
i always find i spend much more energy on remembering stuff than anyone else...and then i forget all the time!
So, does that mean that she will eat the lunch you packed for today, tomorrow? That's what my mother would have done!
That sounds like me too.
Yea, I'm so busy remember things for family members or work, I forget the stuff I want!
Part of my day was just like that yesterday!
My son forgot his shoes this morning, go figure. So I had to drive back to school so he could have more ample feet covering that crocs.
But then I went home and couldn't find my wallet....
Motherhood is a rough gig.
LOLOLOL!
Too funny. That sounds about like what would happen to me.
i read your comment at big blue wave regarding government interference in canada.
when you live next door to a nation of 300,000,000 people and only boast a population of 30,000,000, it is necessary to have canadian content requirements or canadians will never see anything besides friends re-runs, cnn, and the simpsons.
as simliar as our cultures may be, most canadians consider our way of life to be different from americans in some ways.
the arts are an integral part of a society's expresion of itself. canadian dance, music, theatre, literature etc is unique in its own right and we have every right to try and preserve it from american consumerism AKA popular culture.
no offence to your good self, some of
us are a little touchy about these matters.peace.
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