Our mornings aren't quite that bad, but we are just heading back to school to and I doubt that difficult child gets ready. I have to be at work by 7:20 so I HAVE to leave by 7:05. She has been on a rant lately about how we treat her like a baby so I said, you want to be treated like a young adult? Get out of bed and be ready in time or find your own way to school. Crossing my fingers too. Her mode of action is to spend the entire time picking out clothes, doing hair, applying makeup. When I am ready to go, then it is... I can't find my shoes! Or where's my book? Her "just one minute" can mean 15 more minutes! I have just got to stop stressing, easy to say, hard to do. KSM