I Wonder...

Speaking along the lines of my previous post--I have noticed lately that there are actually mothers that exist who relish when their children are out of school. I know, I know, say it ain't so, but it's true. In the past I had heard rumors that these kinds of mothers existed, but I thought it was just an urban legend. Or, that they had become extinct. Like the dinosaurs. But recently I have heard a few moms say that they are excited for spring break. For reals?

This newly discovered phenomenon has made me wonder....why am I this way, and they are that way? Am I normal (ahem, relatively speaking), or are they? Maybe I'm the unusual mother who jumps up and down with glee when they get on the bus. Or, maybe not. I mean, I love my kids and I like to have them around me. While they're sleeping. And they're silent. But then they just wake up and commence the contest of who can annoy me the most.

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that 'those' mothers have calm and obedient children. That is why they don't mind when they're home. I, on the other hand, have children who require me to tell the babysitter, "Watch your back". And I have children who bring the tetherball inside the house and tie it from the second-story banister and proceed to play. Oh, and I have children who ask questions like, "When you are having a baby and pushing it out of your bottom, can you use the restroom?" Ya, I don't think that 'those' mothers have 'these' kinds of kids.

Monday, or technically today, is the beginning of our spring break. I've decided its kinda like taking all your kids grocery shopping--you know before you even start that bad things are going to happen, but you dive right in anyway. So, this next week I'm going to hold my breath and see if I can channel myself into one of 'those' mothers. Before you know it, I'll be crying tears of sadness that they have to return to school. Either that, or they will have killed me.