sarah's Arty Dreams

I hate to admit it, but I am a last minute type of person....I do everything at the last minute...from making appointments to calling people to wish them a happy birthday. I throw birthday parties at the last minute, I plan dinner parties at the last minute, buy groceries at the last minute, get dressed at the last minute, pay bills at the last minute! So here I am…the Friday before school starts….going today to buy school supplies AND the one million boxes of tissues that the schools ask for. What in the world do they do with all those boxes of tissues? We don’t even use half the amount that they ask for in ONE YEAR here at the house. When I say lots of tissues I mean lots of freaking Kleenex! They want 3 to 6 boxes for EACH CHILD! So figure, 4 boxes times 21 kids in the class…is 84 boxes of tissues!! What are they doing with all these boxes? Building onto the school or what?

Also I have issues with the millions of pencils that we have to buy. I think I have used at least 5 acres of forest purchasing pencils for my children. One of my girls sharpens her pencil over and over and over and over during the school day, starting with a new pencil in the beginning…ending with a nub.

With no eraser.

Because she chewed it off.

and the teacher doesn't stop her from doing that.

This year they want us to buy the twins ‘pocket dictionary/thesaurus’ Uhhh ok……..
Guess the budget didn’t allow for that this year? I take it? Ok.

I know that Cheryl of all people will understand.


I pray that admitting my problem might help me deal with it. Also today is my mother’s birthday but we have planned something for her on Sunday. Happy Birthday mom!

Well too much to do and too little ‘last minute’ time.


Sarah



about the Kleenex and pencils..these are the two things that are requested later in the school year over and over. That is the reason I chose those to bitch about. But I am not excluding paper, folders and crayons… they also ask for those. Oh well… the education is free…right? After taxes and school supplies and clothes and the pressure of giving them the right kind of ‘shoes’ and ‘backpacks’ and accessories…it’s free…right? Why am I complaining????