Just when I was getting so excited to get the kids in school with glee in anticipation of things like the smell of new school supplies and how I was going to slip a cute note or something in their lunches, I get this packet in the mail. For the love of all that is educated, this is ridiculous. Filing taxes is less exhausting than what they sent me to fill out. I've got to get an optometrist, get their hearing screened, get a physical, figure out their dental and shot records. And that's just the yellow forms.
All of this simply reminds me that I am not of age nor decent level of maturity to have school-aged children. Granted, I'm in my thirties. So, maybe I'm of age, but alas, not so much with maturity. My thrill of excitement for school starting soon turned to anxiety as I looked at all the forms. Seriously, this is crazy, y'all:
That's for just one kid. Just the front sides of all forms. One packet. I haven't stopped crying long enough to open the other packet.
What, what? A DIVORCE DECREE AND CUSTODY AGREEMENT!? C'mon. Give us a chance to stress out from going to school, woops, I mean, sending our kids to school...give us that chance of grave stress on the marriage in which would cause a divorce. Geesh.
I'm pretty sure taking the SAT, GRE, and filling out the application for college was less pressure than this.
I'm off to a good therapist to save my marriage so that I can scratch atleast one of these docs from my check list. Does anyone know one that specializes in test anxiety and who serves martinis?
That's how I roll.
I didn't know you were in your 30's....I thought you said you were in your 20's!
Hmmm....
love, Julz
Wait you will have to sign them up for athletics and other extracaricullar activities as they get older. All kinds of permissions and waivers. Proof of insurance and age. It's never too early to get a passport so you have photo ID. Oh and then there is scheduling to get to the events and in your case that could be two at the same time in different locations. But it is all worth it. You will miss it when it's all over.
Bean,
Do you have to register them in Pennsylvania?
I know it sounds crazy, but having been a teacher in a suburb next to Chicago, we had to keep track of parental custody issues. Had to go on lockdown a couple of times because crazy parents try to get back at their exes and kidnap their kids...
It's crazy, totally crazy!
:-)
If you have the opportunity to buy the supplies through the school, it reccomended by me. Its a huge savings. You'll still have to buy stuff, but you can't get it cheaper than through the school. Find a buddy in the system already and cling to them for life!
Sophia