It's Not the Years, HONEY - It's the Mileage!

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Yeah, well, YOU shut up and drive!

I have ALWAYS thought the acronym SAHM (stay-at-home-mom) to be an oxymoron. Yes, I have kids. Yes, I am home (right now) and yes, my kids are also in school (full-time) but, I will be leaving my house (in about 30 minutes) to bring kids back home and NOT all of them happen to be mine, either.

I am in charge of "the after school" portion of the carpool.

[waves to Carpooling Mom, she reads my blog]

You see, Carpooling Mom does "the morning run," and I, well, get an extra 25 minutes to kiss my husband (he wishes!) or, pour another cup of coffee (or, 20) before heading out into suburban hell (a.k.a. my youngest daughter's elementary school!)

Unless it's raining.

"UGH!"

Or, one of my two oldest daughters are running late.

"Who turned off the alarm, again?"

Mostly, my 16 year-old.

"Yes, I'll drive you to school."

This morning, it was raining, my 16 year-old was running late (AGAIN!) AND, since my husband's car died, last week (the funeral is this weekend) my SIL was gracious enough to lend Garth [not his real name] hers (thanks sis!) but, it died this morning (sorry sis!) and, well, I've created a new acronym, just for the occasion!

"Yes, I'll drive you to work."

S.A.H.M.M.A. (stay-at-home-mom-my-ass) if anyone needs me, I'll be on the road, driving and flipping someone off, no doubt!

"Speed up, SPEED up, SPEED UP OR YOU'LL NEVER GET PASSED THAT TRUCK!!!"

Mostly, my husband......to be continued.

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Testing...one, two, throw me a bone, or three!!!

Posted by: Liz@thisfullhouse | October 28, 2009 at 03:57 PM

Heh. I feel like that in the afternoon with baseball and football practice, and the inevitable run to the grocery for one.more.thing. that I forgot in the morning on my leisurely trip.

Love the new design!

Posted by: Headless Mom | October 28, 2009 at 05:39 PM

OMFG! Ok...HILARIOUS! First of all...Am so loving the new design...second of all I'm with you sistah...i crave the days when I am home...most of the day cause no, i am never home all the time, and lately almost never!! So thanks for the post, funny as ever...please let me know where to send the flowers for the car funerals...sorry for you and your sister's loss.

Posted by: NYCityMama | October 28, 2009 at 11:01 PM

I love the pic, Liz. Very becoming of you! ;-)

Posted by: Diana | October 29, 2009 at 01:09 AM

LOL. That's so true. Stay-at-home-mom couldn't be further from the truth, with volunteering for the kids, after-school activities, sports practices and games. I swear, we're only home a little while! And I only have 2 kids. Can't imagine having more than that and remaining sane!

Maybe I need to change my blog name to be SAHM(MA)Reviews and SAHM(MA)Ramblings. :)

Posted by: Nicole (SAHM Reviews) | November 12, 2009 at 01:40 PM