Suffering from end-of-school-year fatigue?

The end of the school year can be overwhelming. As it all winds to an end – the grind of tracking down missing shoes, remembering permission slips, helping to pull together class projects – a mother can feel just plain fed up. So fed up that she can’t come up with words to convey the ridiculousness of it all. 

Then lucky for us, we can read and delight in Worst End of School Year Mom Ever on Jen Hatmaker's blog. Judging by the 1500+ comments on this post, she might have struck a nerve. Or, as our friend Catherine said, when she posted this on Facebook, "Oh yes." Thanks, Catherine for sharing. 

Have a great weekend, mothers, the finish line is in sight.

Friday Frivolity: Susan Orlean on Mom Jeans

We've discussed it here, and here, but there can be a certain ambivalence many of us feel about motherhood. It has nothing to do with how we feel about our children, parenting, or being mothers. It has everything to do with the terminology we all use for those of us who are, technically and usually enthusiastically, the female parents of offspring.

Happily, we are not alone. On her blog at The New Yorker, Susan Orlean has written this funny post on the use of "mom", "mommy" and "mom jeans." Enjoy!

* hat tip to Kate at Book Nook for asking us about this before we'd even finished reading it. 

Which "Bad Mom" Are You?

We might not be taking our parenting cues from Betty Draper, but we all have our shortcomings. Maybe that's why we laughed out loud at this Roz Chast cartoon from The New Yorker. Can you think of a few other "Bad Mom"cards?

We could add: Swears when caught in heavy traffic, even though the kids are in the car. Forgets to ask how the weekly spelling test went, every week. Says, "Fine, you can skip your bath, again. Its only been a few days... I think."