If you don't know, I'm the girl who can't get a large menu and make a decision. I will agonize b/w 2-dishes b/c I'm indecisive and then immediately regret my final choice. I'd rather see a menu w/less than 10 options. Then I feel good about my decision--this is one (only one) of the reasons I hate chain restaurants. I also hate to shop in department stores or discount stores b/c I find them disorganized (except Von Maur, Nordstrom, and the like--but can't afford the luxury of organized department stores and piano playing while I shop with my extremely well behaved child, saying "mommy--please can we go to Hobby Lobby next..I really want to do a craft"...sorry slipped into an alternate universe there). I don't want to have to dig through things or figure out how the heck they have things grouped by designer--so if I'm shopping for jeans I still have to run around the entire store---drives me bonkers while my child hides in racks, climbs on displays, escapes from his stroller and runs off saying--I not like this store or I can't go to Hobby Lobby or this store or I need to look at toys or let's go to Toys for Us (cause that's what he call Toys R Us--and he recognizes it on sight) ! I get stressed by disorderliness--as in even though I leave stuff out in my house and I'm not always tidy--it's always bugging me and gnawing at me.
Why am I rambling about this? Here's why. Evidently choosing a preschool is a bit important. So important that your kid has to be accepted into it 8-9 months prior to school beginning. I kid you not. I did not know these things. I've "looked into" several preschools, as in surfed their websites, read a couple of reviews, and chatted up other moms. Seems like there's several good ones. That's my problem. Frozen by indecision, so I'm way behind the ball. Evidently registration begins Jan. 5 (didn't know this until this week). Guess what, everywhere is closed for the holidays until Jan 5, so I can't go visit anywhere. Yeah--just call me mom of the year. So, I'm either going to have to throw our name into the most desirable place w/o visiting or cross my fingers that there will be a spot in our top choice preschool by the end of the month. Some schools will still have spots, but I'm not sure if our top spot will--b/c I'm not sure what our top pick is. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
Can you hear me screaming, blog world. What if we make the wrong decision--or piddle around and can't get in anywhere that's not skeevy or ridiculously expensive or just plain wrong for C's needs. Major meltdown coming on. It will arise in some form or fashion totally unrelated to this question. As in Scott will ask where XYZ is and I will rip his head off. Or C will refuse to eat his 6th carrot and I will send him to timeout. You never know how stress will manifest itself in my crazy world.
Serenity Now. There's a tiny, rebellious part of me that says screw your waiting lists and timelines. I'll sign him up when I'm good and ready and let the chips fall where they may. But let's get real--I'm not that laid back in reality. My alter ego--better personality--would just say--it's cool--it's just preschool. But then my terrible side secretly (well not so secretly anymore) wants him to go where everyone else is going--b/c anyone that's anyone goes.... (wow, I'm going to be that mom--who lives vicariously through her kid hoping that he's popular and adored by everyone). Seriously hate myself right now.
One more good scream for posterity? Sure, why not. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
I could host a giant party and that would take my mind off things for 5 nanoseconds. Or start a huge sewing project (oh yeah still haven't finished that Xmas present).
Serenity now. Cocktail anyone?
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