I Don’t Miss my Kids While They’re at School

I have a confession. I don’t miss the older kids even one little bit while they are at school. Quite the contrary actually.

I love my kids but I don’t like them very much during the summer break. Nine weeks of listening to them fight and bicker was enough to leave me with a jaw and teeth I was sure would break from being clenched and nerves that are more frayed than the iPad charger that the youngest fed to the dog.

I am a firm believer in sending kids off to camp but both of the older ones showed not one ounce of interest and actually threatened to destroy the world if we carted them off somewhere. I should have taken the chance of an apocalypse instead of dealt with what will only be called “the most stressful summer of life”.

I should have taken the chance of an apocalypse instead of dealt with what will only be called “the most stressful summer of life”.

Something that should also be noted is that my “office” is in the living room at the family computer. My living room look can be described as  Toys R Us explosion meets the sounds of every tech device on the planet all located in 300 sq ft. It is chaos. I work try to do two jobs here. I was hanging on by a thread.

So now that they are in school I have some sort of routine back. My living room still looks and sounds the same but there is no fighting and bickering. To me that is peace. I will take it. Actually, I am savouring it like the last piece of chocolate I ate hiding in the washroom today.

And the kids? They are happier as well. Home is boring, I am too tough on them, and I am pretty sure they are sick and tired of seeing me look like I was on the brink of a nervous breakdown.

So I am happily making their lunches at night, brushing their teeth in the morning, and making sure that they are out the door in the morning to head off for school because for six and a half hours I am in peace. And so I don’t sound like a cruel and selfish mother I am going to remind everyone that space makes the heart grow fonder. I am way fonder today then I was last week.

Aneta Alaei

Aneta is a Toronto-based mom of four that loves a good meal, great company, and learning something new. In her free time, you can find her trying to keep yet another plant alive.

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