October 8, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Miss Nelle (in conversation with Miss Sam): I think you are maturing.
Miss Sam: My cramps tell me that too.
September 25, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Mom: Is your mom allowing you to grow up?
Sam: I don’t want to grow up.
June 28, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Mom: It’s 1:00 pm ~ time to get up.
Sam: Ugh…
Mom: I don’t care ~ it’s time to get up.
Sam: Mom listen.
Mom: I can’t, I have things to do.
Sam: Mom listen….I got up early yesterday….I got a lot of exercise….and I didn’t get to bed until 4:00 am….PLEASE…let me sleep.
SuckerMom: Okay…BUT….you are going to bed at 2:00 am….do you understand???? DO YOU UNDERSTAND??????Sam: Okay…Okay….just please let me sleep.
April 11, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Mom: We are so lucky to have a boat. I have wanted a boat my whole life and never thought that I would ever own one.
Sam: Why?
Mom: I guess because I never felt like I deserved it.
Sam: Mom, you have some self – esteem issues going on.
March 25, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
A mid-week conversation:
Mom: I feel overwhelmed. I haven’t accomplished one thing this week.
Sam: You’ve counseled your clients, you’re taking me to Game Stop, and your arms haven’t fallen off.
Mom: Thanks I needed a fresh perspective.
March 16, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Sam: Mom, homeschooling does not mean just giving me work to do.
Mom: It doesn’t?
Sam: No. It means you need to teach me.
Mom: Ahhhhh….let me see if I can squeeze that into my schedule.
March 14, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Samantha (screaming from the kitchen): Mom!!! We have an emergency here!!!
Mom (trying to hook up the external hard drive in her office): WHAT is it?!?!!
Samantha: We are all out of ketchup!! This is a serious problem. WHEN are you going grocery shopping???
P.S. We were also out of three other ’staples’…..frozen pizzas, hotdogs, and waffles. Thus the early morning run to WalMart.
March 13, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Sam: I had an epic birthday. Thanks Mom and Dad.
March 7, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Samantha: Mom, we need to learn to play nice.
Mom: Okay. What would you suggest?
Samantha: You promise not to yell so much.
Mom: And you?
Samantha: I promise not to disobey so much.
March 2, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Dear Sam,
It’s 10.23 in the morning and you are still sleeping. I never thought I would be a parent that would indulge this type of behavior. However, I never thought that I would be the parent of a child whose internal clock is set in ‘night owl’ mode. Ever since the day you were born, getting you to sleep before midnight has ALWAYS been a struggle. And so what kept you up until all hours of the night last night???
Drawing this:
However, it is time to get up and get started on your day even though your ‘muse’ keeps you awake into the wee hours of the morning. Perhaps your ‘muse’ can help with your school work????
Love, Mom
March 1, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Dear Sam:
This week is the sickest you have been since you ‘caught’ the flu in Arizona when you were three years old. I have a suspicion that you ‘caught’ this flu from Miss Sue’s class when you went there Friday to mentor.
On Monday the symptoms you presented were a headache and extreme lethargy. As the week progressed they went full blown into aches and pains, sore throat, upset tummy, and eyes that hurt to move.
Finally by Friday you were able to get out of bed and eat a little bit. Today, although you are still quite lethargic, you are able to do what you like best…..be on the computer and eat steak.
I have to be honest and say that as a teenager you were not the best ‘patient’. I was unsure how many more days I could take the whining and the demands and reassuring you that your throat would once again not hurt and that your stomach would once again be able to handle something more than Ritz crackers.
Yet, once you felt more yourself, I had to say that taking care of you while you were sick was worth the ‘I love you Mom’ that you slyly snuck into the sentence ‘What’s for dinner?”.
Love, Mom
February 25, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Time: Midnight
Samantha: Can I have a doughnut?
Mom: You just took your head out of the puke pot.
Samantha: I’m a complicated individual.
February 22, 2009
Samantha’s Corner:
Dear Samantha, It is a rule that you clean up your computer area before going to bed at night…or you will lose what???? That’s correct…you will lose an hour of your nightly allotment of computer time. This is how your computer area looked this morning when I woke up. Looks like you are not going to be on the computer much today.
Love, Mom
