Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Do They Call it Fall Because of the Leaves or the Rain?



It’s officially autumn here in the land of red rocks and I wonder why I dread the end of summer each year.  There’s so much to love about fall—the changing colors, the hint of coolness in the air, the loudspeaker blaring the Friday night football game across town, and of course candy corn!  Light rain has been toying with us all day, so between classes I curled up in the recliner, threw my fuzzy white blanket across my lap and fell asleep to the sound of light drizzle. Nirvana for the old.

Oh, yeah. Now I remember why I dread fall. School. Not as in teaching school because I love that. Getting my son up for school in the morning and hearing him whine about how badly he detests school is what I hate. Then listening to him complain all afternoon as he does his homework, complain in the evening as he gets his bags ready for the morning and complain again in the morning as he tries to think of every possible reason why he must stay home. 

A couple of nights ago, I was helping him with homework and was getting frustrated because he literally spends more time complaining about his homework than in actually doing it. (Yes, I know what literally means and I am not exaggerating, nor do I mean figuratively.)  He could sense my mounting irritation because he stopped sniveling long enough to say, “What—am I like a disease to you?”

Of course I couldn’t stop laughing at that. A disease?  I toned it down a bit and had a little more patience after that because I don’t want my son to feel like he is the chicken pox, nor even the hangnail, of my life.  Nope. He's the big bowl of Brach's candy corn mixed with Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts.

12 comments:

  1. Lol....he is such a spaz! Sounds like something Kailey would say.

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  2. Just this morning, on my way to the store, candy corn came to mind. We had that discussion last year. Yep, I bought a bag and now
    I'm feeling sugar sick.

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  3. Oh my gosh, I laughed so hard when I read what he said. I was sitting in a quiet room at work and literally burst out laughing. Love it!

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  4. Lela: And he just keeps getting better! Maybe someday he and Kailey will go into business together. I thought of that when he went out selling calendars to earn money and she sold hair pretties. Hmmm...

    Auntie M: Oh, too funny! I opened up my own bag of candy corn and sat down to look at my blog and there you are, feeling sick too! I tell ya, mix them with the Planters.

    Levizmom: I think you needed a good laugh and who better to provide that than either my son or yours? :)

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  5. Now I remember! Of course! Now why is it that I miss those times now?

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  6. Ken: Yeah, I'm getting old! :)
    Are you enjoying autumn in your beautiful area of the world?

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  7. I don't have kids but I'm mentally prepared for the battle with homework. I've seen my mom helping all my little siblings to know what you will deal with. Keep up the good work! :)

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  8. Taleah: I think you may have just solved a problem for me---"Get your homework done or I will call Taleah over to work some blue belt magic on ya!" Whip him right into shape. :)

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  9. A disease? Wow! Sometimes our kids have a way of making us rethink what we say and do. But I know what you mean. I have one of those who takes hours to do something that could have been done in 20 minutes. LOL I'll bet this is how we earn the patience of a saint.

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  10. LuvsKids: I felt awful after he said that because I realized how impatient I must have sounded. I try to tell him though that if he would just stop talking/complaining, whining he could have been done an hour ago. I think in his mind if he procrastinates long enough some miracle will happen like the end of the world and he won't have to do his homework after all! :)

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  11. I'm laughing too!! That's such a funny response. I'm having my homework battles here too.

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  12. septembermom: They keep us laughing, don't they?

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