3 weeks and 2 days….

That’s exactly how much time I have left to enjoy what sanity I have. In 3 weeks and 2 days school is out and summer vacation begins AND I have 7 days left until I find out whether or not my girls got into camp.

I’m absolutely sure a mother did not invent the concept of summer vacation or the concept of summer camps that are impossible to get into unless you wait in line at 3 am with a perfectly filled out form, a check for the WHOLE amount that is in your checking and savings accounts AND a vial of blood from your first born. Moms can be snippy with each other but I like to think that we couldn’t be so evil toward each other that we would intentionally inflict the kind of pain that only a summer vacation with bored kids can.

I told my husband the other day that if the girls do not get into the summer program near our house that I am going to buy my dream laptop and sit at our community pool all day and work from there while the girls swim. If I have to hear…”I’m bored” or the boredom bickering between my 2 girls everyday for 2 1/2 months, I may have to run away…far far away.

Working at home sometimes exasperates the problem. There are times that I simply cannot put something off until the evening when my husband is at home. What happened to the days of childhood where you can drop your little one off at the community pool mid-morning and pick them up at 3pm? Or the time when you could (when you’ve absolutely had it!) tell the kids to “go outside and play!” I think somewhere along the way we either became too aware of the dangers or society got thoroughly messed up.  I could not in good conscience do either of the above  but often think how nice it would be if I could only…..

If you have a nifty way of juggling kids at home on summer vacay and work I am open to hearing about it..or if you want to comiserate that’s great too! I won’t feel like I’m the only one out there dreading the upcoming summer : D

Fun Friday!

Wow..what a week! After having been gone last week, this week has been all about catching up!

Saw this blurb about a new reality show coming this fall titled Mom, Inc. The premise involves Kelly Ripa and her team of experts selecting struggling entrepreneurs who have a promising business idea. They come in  and help the entrepreneur take it to the next step and sell their product on HSN (Home Shopping Network). It sounds interesting and hopefully the show will provide some real insight into what it takes to make a successful product launch.

Here’s the link to the blurb about the show (you’ll need to scroll down about 3/4 of the way): http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090402tlc01