Yesterday I told you about my daughters side of the room.
Yeah. OK. So much for me being tough.
She came home from her basketball game.
She went to dinner with her mother.
She came home and did her homework…
And then…she headed upstairs.
She took one look at her bed and started to cry.
And she started to complain about how tired she was.
And she asked…”Can I just move everything over to the side and go to bed?”
I folded my arms over my chest, tapped my foot upon the carpeted floor, shook my head and said,
“Absolutely NOT!”
Then, thinking she was going to take care of her stuff…like I so nicely had asked her…I left the room and went about my motherly duties.
MY BAD!
My first mistake was…
leaving the room.
My second mistake was…
not going back in that room until much, much too late.
Because…
She did not move things over to the side…
Not exactly.
She moved everything to the floor.
And there it stays…
Because today,
Right now…
she has her last basketball game.
And then,
she is going shopping with her Bubbie to get some more stuff that she can leave in that heap of shit on the floor.
And then,
she will come home to do her homework.
And perhaps,
after all that…and a shower…
Maybe,
She will move that pile that had started out under and around her bed…
and then it moved to the top of her bed…
and now it’s on her floor…
Maybe it will end up…
EXACTLY
WHERE
IT
STARTED!!
All over her stinking bedroom.
SIGH
do you see that one picture? The one that is neat and tidy? THAT…is my other daughter. The poor thing. Her sanity…her very existence…is being threatened. She is a mere tiny little thing. And…we may never see her again if the mess spills onto the LIGHT side. I think I may have to buy a life jacket…and an inflatable life raft…
You never can be too safe!
and where is dad in all of this?
oh, sorry, i forgot myself for a second.
i have all sorts of mean-mom ways of handling this, starting with stripping her side of the room. leave only a bed and a pillow.
period. no lights, no nightstand, no music-playing devices.
and anything you find on the floor goes away. if her mother is stupid enough to continue to shell out for things the child already has, that is her problem, but whatever hits the floor will be gone and given to charity. make that clear to all parties.
i could go on, but ……
told ya … i’m mean.
I say throw it all away or give it to good will. If her bubbie and mom keep replenishing it, why not.
Put it all in garbage bags and give it away. ????
I like it, the yin yang look to the room 🙂
I was that kind of tidier. Funny that in my own house? I’m that kind of tidier. I didn’t improve with age.
I’m going to be mean along with everyone else and suggest that NONE of the new stuff gets to be worn or used until all the old stuff has been cleaned up, sorted, and either put away or given away.
Oh my I get it EXACTLY! Yup they have nice new stuff and they drop it
on the floor, leave it in the bag or for them its whatever……. I have
been having a major struggle to get mine to take a shower. She’s
become snotty and unapproachable. like ya. It’s the my social life
and stuff is way more important cuz mom you da maid! Agggghhhh
tear my hair out. Okay does yours have 1)cell phone or 2) myspace
yet? Anyway we will need to talk!!!!!!! These young ones are smart
and sneaky!!!!!!!! xxxooo I am here if you need me!
leaf blower 🙂