Farrar Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 It really is just a vent. And, to be fair, there were a lot of pieces to be gathered for multiple activities, including costuming things and piano books and snacks and special make up and so forth - lots of little things to be gathered. It was not just put on your shoes and coat and grab that one thing. But AN HOUR?!? A FULL HOUR!?!? I could have done that in fifteen minutes. Maybe twenty tops. I have resolved to stop nagging them and let them forget things and just let it go, but this is trying my patience. Thank goodness I gave them an hour to get ready and used my c a l m voice the whole time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I understand. My kids are moving like Molasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 Oh yeah. It's like molasses. On a cold day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Oh yeah. It's like molasses. On a cold day. A very cold day. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 lol, they are teaching you non-attachment to the concept of time. But I *like* my attachment to time. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I fall apart every time we have somewhere to be. I don't know what the deal is. And of course, the harder I push them out the door, the more they scatter to the four winds. In short, I feel your pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 It's amazingly crazy. I start off thinking we are going to be 10 or 15 minutes early and I might have time to drop a library book in the return slot and before you know it we are peeling out of the driveway as if I can drive fast enough to to slow down the passage of time. Hats off to you, though. I can't keep my c a l m voice going for an HOUR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strange_girl Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 You did well to keep your c a l m voice for that long! I have one child who feels compelled to gather and take every. single. thing. she could possibly need for a week's stay in another state (even if we aren't leaving town), and consistently forgets socks. I have another child who would rather just stay home, and so needs to be reminded of every. single. thing. he needs to do to be ready to go. And the youngest, as soon as he gets wind that we might be going somewhere, follows me around crying and whining and falling on the floor... for NO REASON! Well, I think he actually just wants to go right now, or maybe yesterday, and I'm just not fast enough for him, but still. Seriously. I feel your pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Something must have been wrong with the molasses I had in my cupboard. I told my kids they were moving like molasses and they asked what I meant by that. I went on about how they were too sloooooow and then flipped over my jar or molasses to show them and it sloshed to the other side quick as water. The kids just raised their eyebrows at me like, "looks like we're pretty fast kids if we're like molasses!" and continued to dawdle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Who even cooks with molasses anymore? Maybe we need a modern kitchen equivalent like maybe coconut oil. But that doesn't even move on a day like today. You have to pry it out. Oh, see, it's the perfect metaphor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Who even cooks with molasses anymore? Maybe we need a modern kitchen equivalent like maybe coconut oil. But that doesn't even move on a day like today. You have to pry it out. Oh, see, it's the perfect metaphor! I still use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Fast as agave nectar on a cold day? Fast as Nutella? Ketchup through a straw? I'm going to look for molasses cupcake recipes to have on hand in case this thread goes off the rails over whether anybody uses molasses anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Maybe our kids think they can control time and prove it does not really exist. :lol: Referencing part of the quote from one of the Will Smith kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Ugh, I've been there lots of times, except add on the fact that they rarely take responsibility for any of the things they are supposed to bring. Of course this is my fault for spoiling them. Just this evening I told my kids that is going to stop. If only I could also report that I kept my voice calm. Ha! Sometimes I do, but today wasn't one of those times. (I was stressing over a work deadline, and their dawdling was not helping.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Yeah, this is why we have what I call flexible errands. If we have to be at class at 10, and it takes 40 minutes to get there (and it does take 40, despite my assumption that it really only takes 30, even though I've driven that route hundreds of times -- my form of adult ADHD shows itself in that I am horrible at figuring out how long things will take), we need to leave at 9:15. But let's aim for 9:05 and give ourselves some extra time. Only, actually, let's leave at 8:50 and stop at the post office on the way. So we aim for 8:50, and if we make it, great! But more often than not, we won't leave until 9:05, so we won't have time for the flexible errand before class, but we won't be late to class either. When I aim to leave at 9:15 to go straight to class, we end up just squeaking in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Who even cooks with molasses anymore? Maybe we need a modern kitchen equivalent like maybe coconut oil. But that doesn't even move on a day like today. You have to pry it out. Oh, see, it's the perfect metaphor! I use it for bbq sauce. I believe the proper phrasing is "Slow as molasses in January" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Maybe our kids think they can control time and prove it does not really exist. :lol: Referencing part of the quote from one of the Will Smith kids. I was just referencing that interview to dh. Those are some weird kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 I use it for bbq sauce. I believe the proper phrasing is "Slow as molasses in January" I like the jarred sauce so I've never made any (that probably belongs in Arctic Mama's sad confessions thread...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I'm going to look for molasses cupcake recipes to have on hand in case this thread goes off the rails over whether anybody uses molasses anymore! Gingersnaps My husband uses it in his ginger snaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Funny thing about molasses (funny to me at least!) I had been looking EVERYWHERE to buy molasses here in Bangalore. No success. For YEARS. Then I did some research. Turns out, molasses has import restrictions and taxes as if it were an alcoholic beverage. Therefore very hard to get permission to import it. However, one did I DID find it (must have slipped through.) There were only three bottles. And they were over $20 per bottle. I bought one. Felt really guilty. Went back and bough a second!! Now I have molasses. Forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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