Online Registration

Don't be deceived by this pretty picture.

Somehow, last night, when I sat down to write my blog I remembered, "oh no!" Online school registration, when is it due?"

Online registration sounds fast and easy, right? Wrong. Too bad I realized that when I was half way into the form.

First of all, I spent five minutes trying to figure out how to erase the already filled in information. As it turns out I was just supposed to verify that it was correct, which I did like 25 times, as I was trying to write over it.

"Why won't this work," I say to the computer.

Followed by silence.

Second of all, my frantic filling out of the online registration form woke up my sleeping husband.

"Honey, let me double check that form when you're done," says Now Awake Husband.

Rats! The thought of someone looking over my shoulder checking my work telling me, "you can't put your work phone number in the "home" slot," is irritating.

"Why not?" I argue. "It's the number they are going to use in the school directory and I don't know how to turn the home phone off. I know how to turn off my cell phone."

Third, I got distracted reading through the 19 volunteer opportunities available at Vinny's school. It's the volunteers, and the teachers that make Vinny's school great. It's also the very reason I make it a point to never, ever befriend the Queen of the PTA.

The last thing I want to do is stay up til 2 o'clock in the morning baking cookies for the bake sale. However at this rate, I may be up til 2 AM filling out the online registration form and then, maybe, I will write my blog.

Go ahead say it, "slacker Mom." I own it. I might even make a t-shirt. Actually, I prefer to volunteer in the classroom with my kid, which I didn't do at all this year, due to scheduling conflicts.

"Slacker Mom!" yells the Internet.

Ok, ok. The waves have been good this year, so I haven't made it in to volunteer. But the last two years, the waves were bad, and I volunteered a lot, so I'm kind of taking this year off.

On a more positive note, I am attending the last field trip of the year, next week. I'm really excited the waves are going to be flat......oops.....I mean I'm thrilled the field trip coincides with my schedule.