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That End of School Year Craziness

June 18, 2018 By Katy 6 Comments

We are officially done with the school year in our neck of the woods and I couldn’t be more pleased.

No more packing lunches.

No more nagging children to study.

No more racing around to one billion year-end school events.

This last item, the racing around, is where I failed most often in the last month. Hey, I never said I was a good mom. Here are the details.

Fifth Grade Band Concert

I love my daughter and I love that she is learning to play the clarinet, but I only need to hear her band play one, maybe two songs. Then I got the gist.Accurate picture of me during those end of school year band concerts.

Our school made it a particularly torturous this year by making me endure 5 songs in a row from the fifth grade band before the sixth grade band took the stage and played 5 more songs. I don’t know anyone in the sixth grade band, so I desperately wanted to be one of those too cool parents who just left when their fifth grader was done.

Lacrosse banquet

I definitely blew it on this one. How was I supposed to know that every kid on the varsity and JV teams except my son and a handful of others would wear a button-down shirt to the banquet? They aren’t girls, for Heaven’s sake. What teenage boy likes to dress up?

My son wore his lacrosse shirt, so there’s that. Plus, he’s a freshman so it really wasn’t about him anyway.

But he noticed he was under dressed. Sigh.

There’s always next year, kid.

Parties, parties and more parties

I didn’t drop the ball on any of these–I think. But it severely tested my cognitive abilities to keep track of them all: the class party, Field Day, the entire 5th grade celebration, the field trip to the library, the combined class trip to the bowling alley, the trip to visit the middle school, and the last day of school clap-out.

Geesh, I’m a big baby. But these events were annoying since I had to keep track of them, possibly attend them or feel like a bad parent if I didn’t, and pay for all of them.

So pass me a margarita, help me fluff the pillow behind my back in my comfy Adirondack chair, and toast with me to the end of yet another school year.

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Moms and dads, how did you fare with the end of the school year craziness?

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  1. Kelly L McKenzie says

    June 19, 2018 at 10:26 am

    You’ve reminded me of the margarita slush mix I used to buy by the bucket from our Costco at school’s end. It was just the perfect ticket to toast the end to the craziness. I salute you, Katy. Here’s to a few months of sanity.
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    • Katy says

      June 19, 2018 at 1:01 pm

      Katy’s To-Do list:
      Buy Costco membership
      Buy sanity-saving margarita mix
      Send Kelly thank-you note
      🙂
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  2. Jeanne says

    June 19, 2018 at 12:13 pm

    I find Summers have their own special craziness…just can’t get a break. 🙂 Happy Summer! Looking forward to a new school year…love the Back To School ads…Coming Sooner than We Think!
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    • Katy says

      June 19, 2018 at 1:03 pm

      Yes, I agree that summer’s have their own special craziness. For the next two weeks I’m running around/driving around my teenager to various driver’s ed classes and behind-the-wheel times. Are they held 8am-5pm? No. Try 8-10 one day, 12-2 another day, 5-7pm on some days. There’s his little sister’s activities, too. Plus a little thing called work. Sigh!

      Here’s to enjoying the summer, though!
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  3. Jen says

    June 20, 2018 at 9:40 am

    Hallelujah! We are in the middle of our summer now. I am looking almost half way back to making lunches again, but nah, I will ignore it just like I do back to school shopping every year. Because going at midnight the night before school starts to buy it all is sooo much fun 🙂

    happy summering!

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    • Katy says

      June 20, 2018 at 12:43 pm

      Ooo you’re halfway done! You must be in the sweet spot where you’ve gotten into your summer groove. We are still a bit hyped up around here as we come down from the end of school year insanity. I’m looking forward to relaxing soon.

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