How Many Moms Does It Take. . .

How many moms does it take to drive a child to school?

The season of carpools has begun, and I enjoy juggling schedules as much as the next person, but I got a request yesterday that left me scratching my head.

I was asked if I could help get a neighbor's child to school because it was too hard for the mom. She has three kids.

And apparently, it's also too difficult for the nanny who is there in the morning to help with the three kids.

So because life is just so easy for me I guess, I'm the obvious choice. I'm just shrugging my shoulders and shaking my head on this one. I wish I had a nanny to help out in the morning!

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Then there was the phone call from a famous volunteer. We'll call her "martyr mom."

She has been known to take on enormous fund raising projects single-handedly. But this year she has a conflict with the big magazine drive. Her words to me were:

"Do you work?"

I substitute teach, which is unpredictable, so for some reason I answered "no."

"Oh good, then you can work the four days of the magazine drive. It's a huge amount of work."

I wanted to scream. This woman needs to 1) Learn to delegate. 2) Plan ahead and 3) Stop assuming those of us who don't work 40 hours a week are not busy.

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We moms make a lot of different lifestyle choices when it comes to raising our kids. I am trying trying trying today to remember to be tolerant and see things from other points of view. I think having all these kids has just blessed me with some different organizational skills.

And I did enjoy the quiet house yesterday. You know, because I don't work, I just sat around. . .