my son had a very difficult time getting up this morning for school.
in fact, i dressed him as he was sleeping and then carried him to the kitchen table thinking he could wake up better on the kitchen table. as soon as i turned my back, he got back into the bed.
i even offered him coffee but he turned it down, then i offered him some winter mint gum and he turned that down too.
i feel for him b/c i am not a morning person EITHER, despite the fact that i get more done in the morning. i’ve been a “night” person for my entire life, seinfeld did a hilarious bit about his own struggle with “day guy” and “night guy”.
despite being a night person, i still get up early and get more accomplished in the morning. in fact, that psychic i went to a few years back mentioned that i like to burn the candle at both ends, due to being born on a full moon. this was comforting to have some sort of explanation for being an idiot.
usually on the drive in to school my son will think of something to look forward to later in the day, (to make him feel better about being awake i am guessing). he asked me if he had “open gym” tonight (which is a friday gig in which he has open play for two hours at the gym where he takes gymnastics). i told him he did not have open gym.
that made me think of a comment he made this past friday on the drive to open gym, with his buddy “x”.
x and luke were discussing parents talking on the phone a lot. i was quick to explain that despite the fact that i actually HAVE to use the phone sometimes, i really don’t like talking on the phone. then luke mentioned the fact that his dad spends all day on the phone. this is not an exaggeration in the least, the husband is physically here in the house but he absolutely cannot be depended on as another body.
x and luke continued to discuss their thoughts on why parents use the phone.
in a very “knowing” tone, luke said to x, “when you get older you spend more time on the phone b/c you are more popular”.
i love the way kids think and interpret information, and wonder why it is common practice to stifle it out of them with our own beliefs and projections.
Posted by leah 
