I was supposed to read to Ironflower's class today, during their library time.
(Slightly off topic, but I'm not sure if I get the point of this volunteerism, other than to make life easier for the school librarian. And is that really necessary? I've subbed as a school librarian before. It's an awesome gig if you like books and kids. I mean, I don't mind doing it because I like reading to kids and all, but I read to mine every day. I'm pretty sure Ironflower would rather hear the librarian's choices at this point.)
Of course, when I got the email telling me my time it was October, so I just put it in my Google calendar and forgot about it. I was not smart enough to give myself decent reminders, so when the one popped up this morning I may have freaked out a little. I had no one to watch Hugmonkey, Lovebug had to be at school at the exact same time and my horrible cold is still trying to kill me. Luckily another mom was able to trade days with me. (And yes, I have set up 10 reminders for that day, starting a week in advance so I can organize everything). She is my new favorite person, even though I'm not entirely sure I could pick her out of a crowd.
Anyway, after that fun morning I loaded the kids up to take them to school.
Except the car wouldn't start. I knew it was the battery and I do have jumper cables, but not one neighbor I have actually spoken to/am sure is not a serial killer/is under 90 appeared to be home. I couldn't get ahold of my mom and Hot Guy could not leave work. The garage said it would be at least an hour. Which, considering Lovebug's school lasts for 2.5 hours and Ironflower's for 3, seemed like a bigger pain than it would actually be worth.
Clearly I am not cut out for this suburban PTA mom gig.
Now I suppose if I was really meant to home school, we'd be doing learning activities right now instead of watching the Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel. But then again, I'm sure there's something they can learn from Alvin and his squeaky friends, right? Doesn't it count as music appreciation?
