Comments on Parenting With Duct Tape: Carpool Mafia

I like to listen to rap music- somehow after a lit...

2009-09-29T11:37:19.044-07:00

I like to listen to rap music- somehow after a little Easy-E's got b***ch's galore- you get excused.

Odd I know.

Hmm. A sticky wicket indeed. A hairdresser once t...

2009-09-26T21:01:08.228-07:00

Hmm. A sticky wicket indeed. A hairdresser once told me that if you switched him and went another one and it didn't "work out," to just go back to the first one and tell him you got a bad haircut while you were out of town, or on vacation.

I'm trying to imagine a cross-over solution for these facts . . . but it's just not coming to me. Hmm.

Wait! H1N1! That's the ticket. Tell them it's unconfirmed but you're acting out of an abundance of caution. Except, err, the school might hear about it and then. . . . (wheels turning slowly) . . . well, let me give this some thought.

Hubby is carpooling to work and loves it (it's...

2009-09-26T13:57:12.934-07:00

Hubby is carpooling to work and loves it (it's just two guys) but no way am I getting into this with other WOMEN.

My kid will be late every single time because no one else has their act together, and I will be a basket case.

Woooo. No way. Plus we're not in that much stuff. YET.

LOL!!! I'm SOOO glad I'm not in that worl...

2009-09-26T11:26:53.865-07:00

LOL!!! I'm SOOO glad I'm not in that world anymore!! That's my daughter's world now!

Your girls are obviously WAY nicer than my boys. N...

2009-09-24T09:36:21.972-07:00

Your girls are obviously WAY nicer than my boys. NO ONE wanted to carpool with me.

Bad influences, you see.

Apparently genius is just too hard for the other kids to handle. Snort.

I used to drive everyone's kid around because ...

2009-09-23T21:38:35.888-07:00

I used to drive everyone's kid around because everyone was always asking me, "Since you're there..." One day I realized that these people never drove my kids around, and when I started asking they were all vaguely busy...and were hoping I'd still pick up their kid. Lesson learned.

Now when I'm asked my excuse is that I'm coming from an out-of-the-way place and I have an appointment right after the event, so, sorry, I can't. :-)

You're right about the mafia though. Once you're in, the only way out is injury or to quit the activity. Otherwise they will hunt you down and make your life miserable. :-)