New Years Resolutions

What most people without kids don't know is that there is ANOTHER point in the year that 'New (School) Year' Resolutions are made.  Well, if you're like me and not perfect, of course.

My Resolutions for this year are this (remember, I'm like the woman that lived in the shoe...my 6 year old doesn't require the same as my 19 year and vice versa!):

Know my child's teacher.  (CLEARLY this is for the elementary school-aged kids.  For the college kid I could care less.  Unless they are single)

Know what's in my child's backpack.  (Again, for the little guys.  Unless it's an old old sandwich.  Then, I'll let their dad handle it.  Um, backpack for the college kid?  I only hope he thinks of me and not his dad when he goes about his day.)

Know what my kids prefer for lunch.  (Okay, so Waukegan offers free breakfast AND lunch.  I can't get my kids to cop to that no matter how hard I try to sell it.  So, I'm forced to make two lunches a night.  They both like PB&J, but the youngest gets finicky about the amount of each.  YES, I have them make their own stuff on occasion, just not often enough to save my sanity.)

Have uniforms pressed and cleaned.  (What does 'pressed' mean?  Um, it means taking an iron to it.  Geez.  So, I guess this means I can't rotate pants between the boys.  The oldest?  Hopefully he's going to class.)

Monitor whether the boys/dads have crushes on the teachers.  (Thought this was okay for the early years...makes the dad come to the meetings.  UNTIL I found out about my ex - FIRST ex.  However, still thinks it's okay for the boys...they're young (NOT talking about the college kid, I was one of the few that watched Jack and Bobby when it was on TV))

THROW AWAY..(I do not need to keep every little thing!  NOT that I get anything from the college kid!!)

Know the days off...(I've been lazy because the little guy' dad has been off work...The oldest?  He comes and goes when he pleases)

I can't stress enough how great it is to have this set of resolutions...just lets let eachother know how quickly we break them. :)