That Mom

I was about to post that despite all the boys in my house being sick for the past week, the baby and I have somehow managed to escape the germs thus far. But as soon as I say that, I’ll wake up with a skull full of snot and be picking more boogers out of Avonlea’s nose than I do already, so I won’t go there. Instead, I’ll say that I predict we’ll be hacking and snotting within a couple days, considering our faces have been the direct target of eleventeen sneezes over the past two days. You know, the whole droplet thing and all.

I kept Sawyer home from school yesterday, which broke my heart because it’s only his second week and the theme for the week was “my family.” He seemed much better by early evening yesterday so I decided he was fine to go back today. When I picked him up, his teacher informed me that he had green snot. WHAT. I had seen no such thing before I dropped him off and in fact didn’t think his nose had been running at all. But apparently it had and suddenly I was That Mom. The one everyone else silently crosses off the Christmas party list because she sends her sick kid to school to infect the entire preschool population.

Dudes, let me tell you, it’s more than humiliating to feel the other moms burning holes into the back of your head with their eyes while the teacher is smacking your hand for bringing green snot into her classroom. I’m kinda traumatized.

And speaking of school? He already brought home a book club order form. BOOK CLUB. You know, Scholastic? Dozens of book choices compiled into a little newsprint booklet? Yeah, he’s already point out seven books he wants. I thought I had at least one more year before this crap started. But at least it’s just books and not a hokey Christmas wrap and boxed candies fundraiser. Those I’m even less excited about.

Tomorrow there’s a meeting for the Parent Teacher Fellowship (our school’s version of the PTA) and I’m kind of not that excited about it. I’ve already scoped out the moms of his classmates and I’m quite easily one of the youngest, and definitely the least conservative. Doesn’t exactly make for an easy icebreaker. I’ll keep holding out hope that I’ll be pleasantly surprised, though.

I think deep down I’m just worried that no one will like me, and in turn, they won’t want their kids to be friends with mine. Yeah, apparently my middle school self-consciousness has snuck its way into adulthood. I guess now I’m That Mom too.

Trying not to worry too much – he does a decent job of attracting friends on his own.

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  1. Amanda

    Great picture!!

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  2. Sarah @ Ordinary Days

    I had the same fears about being one of the youngest moms when I started my son in preschool. What is with everyone waiting till their mid thirties to have kdis anyway?
    I never did make great friends with any of the moms but my son did make some great friends with his classmates.
    I guess the only advice I can give is just keep smiling and be really nice. All moms love that!

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  4. Dana

    Seriously, the kids in Ruby’s class continually have gobs of green snot. It’s apparently a quasi-infirmary in there. Really, it happens to the best of us. :D

  5. Nancy

    I’m late on this but there’s nothing wrong with green snot. It’s yellow snot that means infection. Green snot is just a regular old cold… if those other mothers taught their kids to wash their hands religiously, they wouldn’t have to worry!

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