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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 316891" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I guess what frosts me is that he was not even thinking about what time he needed to be there. He just assumed that for a 7pm concert he needed to be there at 6:30pm like all the years past. Well, this is high school, and it's different now. He had no idea he was late until I happened to go online while he was in the shower getting ready at 5:45pm and discovered that he was supposed to be there at 5:50pm. </p><p> </p><p>He sure did hustle after I hollered the news through the bathroom door! He got dressed in his concert clothes, but couldn't find his shoes! I'd reminded him the night before to make sure he had pants to wear, etc. He grabbed a pair of dress shoes that I'd set out for Goodwill, only to discover they were several sizes too small. I made him go back in the house and look for the right pair. He apologized the whole way there and weathered my tirade about responsibility with humility. He felt bad. I said great, now DO something about it!!! Take the steps you must to ensure you don't continue to drop the ball for things like this, like assignments, like everything else that's not a burning passion for you. </p><p> </p><p>I am wiped now. Hectic day of running around in circles, and then I come home to husband who has been mostly helpful with difficult child 2 and his homework, but missing the mark with so many other things that he needed to do tonight and starting to lose his cool. Sometimes we just have to let it all go and start over tomorrow.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child 1 did not get a lick of homework done tonight. He's just too tired after starting at zero period today, biking to school, biking to lacrosse practice and then the workout at practice, only to rush home then rush to the concert. Can't say I blame him for being done. But I plan on getting his butt up early in the morning to at least start the homework. He can't afford to skip it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 316891, member: 3444"] I guess what frosts me is that he was not even thinking about what time he needed to be there. He just assumed that for a 7pm concert he needed to be there at 6:30pm like all the years past. Well, this is high school, and it's different now. He had no idea he was late until I happened to go online while he was in the shower getting ready at 5:45pm and discovered that he was supposed to be there at 5:50pm. He sure did hustle after I hollered the news through the bathroom door! He got dressed in his concert clothes, but couldn't find his shoes! I'd reminded him the night before to make sure he had pants to wear, etc. He grabbed a pair of dress shoes that I'd set out for Goodwill, only to discover they were several sizes too small. I made him go back in the house and look for the right pair. He apologized the whole way there and weathered my tirade about responsibility with humility. He felt bad. I said great, now DO something about it!!! Take the steps you must to ensure you don't continue to drop the ball for things like this, like assignments, like everything else that's not a burning passion for you. I am wiped now. Hectic day of running around in circles, and then I come home to husband who has been mostly helpful with difficult child 2 and his homework, but missing the mark with so many other things that he needed to do tonight and starting to lose his cool. Sometimes we just have to let it all go and start over tomorrow. difficult child 1 did not get a lick of homework done tonight. He's just too tired after starting at zero period today, biking to school, biking to lacrosse practice and then the workout at practice, only to rush home then rush to the concert. Can't say I blame him for being done. But I plan on getting his butt up early in the morning to at least start the homework. He can't afford to skip it. [/QUOTE]
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