So my daughter comes home after school, she is happy to be home. It’s crazy humid here in Arizona and about 100 degrees. We are walking home from her bus stop and all she wants to do is play outside. Cool, I understand that. Except I need to go to the store and get milk, we ran out this morning. I am in the middle of work and really need to finish this pressing project. And her room is a mess shoved in side her closet. o.O
Ok, list of priorities:
Homework - if that’s not done she gets automatic detention, not cool.
My Pressing Project - Without the projects I complete and get paid for, there is NO money, obvious second choice since she can do her homework while I finish the project, right? Umm, no.
She decides she doesn’t want to use the brain God gave her and the one I have been trying to grow. She is up at my desk every 2 minutes asking another question about something I taught her last week on her homework.
After a little frustration on both sides, I just stopped the project, decided to devote all my time to her, since that’s really what she wanted. And we finished her homework together laughing all the way.
I’ve learned, without someone else there to help you with all the little things it’s all too easy to get wrapped up in what your doing, even if it’s what puts food on the table. Your child doesn’t understand or care about your work. They just want attention, and since I am a single dad, that means double the amount of attention.
So we ended up finishing her homework, going to the store, then I let her go out and play. I came up to work on that pressing project and decied to share this afternoon’s events here because it may be helpful to someone else.
