T.G.I.F.

What a week! I'm so glad that it's Friday. We have been through dinner table tantrums over serving Indian food, a major wreck on the big wheel, a morning spent volunteering with preschoolers, a corporate spelling bee, the Friday morning meltdown, and the homework packet from hell for my first grader.

I don't know about you, and of course I vaguely remember 1st grade, but does anyone else recall being asked to name how many vertices do each of these shapes have? Does anyone know what a "vertices" is? My husband and I had to look up the word. It is the plural of vertex which is bad enough, but in layman's terms (not first graders) it means, "corners." As if identifying wasn't bad enough, she was then asked to draw several shapes containing more than 4 vertices (I challenge you to draw one). Let's just say, things got ugly. At nine 0'clock, after 3 hours of homework (granted, she is supposed to do a little each day over a week's time), I finally cried, "uncle," and insisted she go to bed. What is up with first grade? I'm of two minds about this homework deal. One the one hand, I might have passed Geometry if I had this kind of primary school preparation, but on the other hand, I don't really want her to get a complex about not being able to read or interpret the instructions for her first grade homework! As my mom is fond of saying, "they're making kids too smart these days", like there is some kind of mad-scientist curriculum dude plotting to take over the world by filling the brains of preschool kids with words like "nocturnal" and "vertices."

I'm just sad that the two glorious days of sunshine we this week are gone like the wind, and we back to this Marchy Madness weather. I wanted to have a Friday morning meltdown of my own this morning when I rushed out into the (now dark) morning into 30 degree weather. Thank Goodness for Friday and for green beer tomorrow. Happy St. Patrick's Day!