Working mom...

It has been one of those days where I feel like I am being punished for being a working mom. I work about 30 miles from home and it should take me about 40 minutes to get there. However living in the DMV area it can take MUCH longer than that.

Today for no apparent reason it took me an hour and 20 minutes to get home. One leg of my trip is 20 miles on one highway. As I got onto the ramp to this road it was slow. I kept hoping it would let up but it didn't until 1. I was almost to the last leg of my journey and 2. It was already after 6pm when I am supposed to pick up my monster.

So why am I being punished? BC being late was more annoying today since I was supposed to be at at an orientation for my son's new school next year at 6pm. On a good day I get home at 5:50, how am I supposed to make it to a meeting at 6? So I finally get there close to 630. I start looking at the paperwork and see the next orientation times are in Aug on a Thursday or Friday at either 930 or 1???? Come on now!!! So I now have to take time off from work to go meet his teacher and get the info about his new school??? I am going to have to take a 1/2 day off to attend this one.

Its just frustrating trying to work it all out. I know that teachers do not want to either stay all day at school or leave and come back, I wish there was a happy medium for all. ARG! Such a frustrating day.