- Feeling a little Melancholy

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks for the support and suggestions. I do try to make home made

snacks and do what I can. It is just frustrating because even though

I have a little flexibility during the day, I am now an hour away, so

I can't just sneak away for an hour or two in the middle of my day

like I used to be able to. One of the perks of making less money I

guess. Oh well, I will work it out somehow.

Take Care

Kendall

> Kendall,

>

> Ok, here we go! I can totally understand what you are going

through! Today

> was Olivia's first day of Second grade and I swear to you, it feels

like I

> just sent her to her first day of Kindergarten. I hate it that I'm

not a

> field trip Mommy, but I'll tell you what I do: There are several

events

> throughout the year that I participate in. The first one is our

school's

> Father/Child breakfast. For the past 2 years I've gotten up and

been at the

> school by 6am to cook pancakes and sausage. They also do that for

a

> Community pancake breakfast in the winter and I cook for that

also. Those

> are two big things that I can do before I'm supposed to be at work

that makes

> me feel like I'm contributing. I also am always the Mommy that

signs up to

> make the cupcakes or something like that. I never sign up to bring

the paper

> plates or things like that. I guess I feel like if I spend more

time doing

> things like that it kind of makes up for me not actually " being

there " . I

> volunteer for anything that involves before and after school and if

your

> school is like ours, there are plenty of things they need help with

during

> those hours.

>

> I know it's hard to have to miss things like field trips and stuff

during the

> day, but try and find things like that to do. We need to win a

lottery or

> something so we can be SAHM's forever! WAH! Ok, enough of a pity

party from

> me too!

>

> {{{HUGS}}}

>