Early morning rants

   I'd like to start out by saying I am not a morning person. I've been a mom for eight years, eight years of a lack of sleep, of getting up early, of staying up late and trying to survive on 4-5 hours sleep, eight years of really never sleeping in. Eight years of motherhood, and I am still not a morning person. I hate going to sleep at night because it's my sanity time to myself, but I once I fall asleep I love sleep and do not want to get up. Up until this year it hasn't been so bad, last year I could sleep until 8 before I had to get up and take care of getting the kids ready for school. This year? I have to get up at 6:15, 6:15! They have to be out at the bus by 7:10 and it sucks. Every morning is a fight with the snooze button. That said, I think the only thing worse then having to get up at 6:15 is getting up late, or getting up on time and still ending up with a chaotic morning.
   There's really nothing worse then getting up at 6:45 and realizing I have to feed the kids, pack lunches, get them dressed, brush hair, brush teeth, make sure their backpacks are put together right... all in about 30 minutes. It takes them 15 at least just to eat and the whole morning ends up feeling rushed. Not good for them or me! This morning we learned that even if we get up on time, our morning can still suck. This morning we get up, we get ready, we get out to the bus stop a few minutes early, and then we wait. Oh, and then we wait some more... about thirty minutes more. When the bus was ten minutes late I called the department of transportation to ask where it was, they said "Oh it's running about 7-8 minutes behind". So I hang up figuring okay, it's only been about ten minutes and they say it's on the way. Another ten minutes go by, nothing. Another ten minutes go by, nothing. Finally about thirtyish minutes after it should have been there, it pulls up. I, in a slightly annoyed tone, say hello to the bus driver (not their normal driver). The driver then informs me their bus stop was FORGOTTEN. Their normal bus driver was running 7-8 minutes late but I guess in the chaos of running late she ended up just skipping their stop. So at 7:45 the kids got a private bus ride to school. I'm so frustrated about it though!
    While I'm on the topic of disorganized organizations... let me just give a little rant about Michael's soccer team/coach. This years soccer is Michael's first real experience with organized sports. He had his first practice two weeks ago, on a Friday. For some reason his coach asks the parents if the Friday practices work for them. ONE dad out of all the parents says no absolutely not, I need it to be on Wednesday no other day! So the coach says okay practice next week will be on Wednesday. Apparently he had no right to do this, and didn't feel like even letting the parents know there wouldn't be practice on Wednesday last week. Michael arrived at practice last Wednesday, along with 4-5 other kids on his team, to find no coach. No coach, the coaches neighbor who is also on the team was no there, and the dad that demanded Wednesday practices was not there. Discussions with the other coaches showed that he shouldn't have changed the practice time/day. So, I was furious, this is my sons first organized sports experience and my $70 they're screwing with after all! I made a few phone calls and couldn't connect with anyone but I left his coach an angry voice mail. Friday morning I received a phone call from the people who run the soccer league, they called to cancel a Friday practice I didn't even know existed and let me know that the schedules were being redone on Monday... it's Thursday, no one has bothered to let me know if Michael's practice has changed at all. So tomorrow at 5:30 Michael will be going to soccer practice, and if his coach is not there... I am going to go demand my money back remove Michael from this soccer program. They better not ruin this experience for him!
 

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