Spring Break is a tool for teachers everywhere to inflict revenge on the parents. The teachers are paying back the parents for the 180 days of school. "We will interrupt your schedules and reek havoc on your children's routines!" the teachers say to us.
This morning I pull up after taking one of my kids to the orthodontist. My four year old comes out in his pajamas wearing his Lightning McQueen slip on shoes. Along with him is my 9 year old, barefoot, and wearing her short pajama set with her thick winter coat. My 12 year old is outside fully dressed with some dress shoes on. All 3 dogs are roaming around mixing in with the three kids. They looked like they were refugees fleeing the mother country coming from a disaster area. Today at lunch they woofed down 2 family size bags of Cheetos Puffs, one regular, one flaming hot. The kids' hands are all covered in red or orange dust, mixing with the yellow pollen that's everywhere. Spring Break is here and the brain cells have left the building.
Summer isn't so bad. You have enough time to settle in to a "non-school" routine. Spring Break is short enough to throw a monkey wrench in the whole routine. Please, dear God, let Sunday roll around so we can go to church, have a day at home and have a what we call a "School Night".
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