To be filled with gloom about family dynamics ...

[UsedtobeFeckless]

Big row just before bus time this morning - Five minutes to zero hour and DS2 is refusing to eat his toast as he said he felt weird ( He's just had a week off with a tummy bug that mysteriously came and went ) and then revealed he'd fallen out with two of his friends and didn't ever want to go back to school ever again.

Meanwhile grumpy shouting rings out from the kitchen where DS1 and DP are falling out loudly over DS1's geology homework ( DP got up early to help DS1 print it off on our mardy and possibly haunted printer - it's come out ultra teeny for some reason - DP wants to re-do it and DS1 hates geology and can't be arsed ... )

I shout at both of them and try and give DS2 a ten second pep-talk while shoving toast in and shoes on then everyone strops off buswards and DP has a go at me for not backing him up verses DS1 and flounces off to work.

I feel like shit and wish I was the cat who is peacefully asleep on the table in a patch of autumn sun.

Tell me to get a grip.

aw, well done for getting everyone out of the house.

mornings are hard - maybe regroup later over dinner, and have words about Not Leaving Things to the Last Minute, re:homework, ask about DS2's friends (he's probably back to being best buddies with them today) and pour two glasses of wine for you and Dh

I say shift the cat and sit in that sun yourself

Think about it this way:
They are no longer your problem for the next few hours. Make the most of the sun, put your feet up and thank god that another Monday morning is out of the way
had similar this morning

Well now our kids are in their thirties with their own families,we've had a few years free from the morning mayhem.However by trying to help DC's save on nursery fees,we have signed ourselves up for at least two days a week free childcare for 2 nursery and one pre school DGC and morning mayhem is slowly but surely beginning again.Oh what short memories we have,but somehow more patience.