Comments on: ROOM PARENT BURNOUT http://www.shwanda.com/2009/04/room-parent-burnout/ A Diary of a Blended Family -- How one couple took a second chance on love and blended five children, four cats, three dogs, two fish and a bird. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:58:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carol http://www.shwanda.com/2009/04/room-parent-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Carol Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:44:59 +0000 http://www.shwanda.com/?p=934#comment-143 Mara, So nice to hear from you. I still want you to guest post for me. I've been so busy and I know you understand. Hope all is going well. Carol Mara,

So nice to hear from you. I still want you to guest post for me. I’ve been so busy and I know you understand.

Hope all is going well.

Carol

]]> By: Mara http://www.shwanda.com/2009/04/room-parent-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Mara Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:42:15 +0000 http://www.shwanda.com/?p=934#comment-142 I've had very similar experiences this week. First, the BURN-OUT. So tired of snack day... I finally had to talk with my daughter's kindergarten teacher and say, "You know. We have six kids to get off to school in the morning, and it's really difficult for me to make a dozen finger sandwiches for the classroom party. Unless you want them soggy from making them the night before. Couldn't I bring something a bit easier... like napkins?" And then, as I was driving down the road, I saw one of my middle daughter's old friends. They were best friends third and fourth grade but now hardly talk. I had that same feeling of nostalgia and wanting to ask, "What's Casey doing these days? She never comes over anymore." I heard my mother's voice asking about Lisa Barany - for years and years after Lisa and I stopped being friends. "Whatever happened to Lisa Barany?" I think these experiences are part of the collective consciousness or something. I’ve had very similar experiences this week. First, the BURN-OUT. So tired of snack day… I finally had to talk with my daughter’s kindergarten teacher and say, “You know. We have six kids to get off to school in the morning, and it’s really difficult for me to make a dozen finger sandwiches for the classroom party. Unless you want them soggy from making them the night before. Couldn’t I bring something a bit easier… like napkins?”

And then, as I was driving down the road, I saw one of my middle daughter’s old friends. They were best friends third and fourth grade but now hardly talk. I had that same feeling of nostalgia and wanting to ask, “What’s Casey doing these days? She never comes over anymore.” I heard my mother’s voice asking about Lisa Barany – for years and years after Lisa and I stopped being friends. “Whatever happened to Lisa Barany?” I think these experiences are part of the collective consciousness or something.

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