Cling On

Not much going on in my life but I did have a moment here where I felt as if I was living in the Sixteen Candles movie…

I volunteer in my son’s kindergarten class. My daughter, who is in first grade, doesn’t like change. As in, Mom didn’t drive them to the bus stop that morning, she drove them to school. And then Mom went to brother’s class and not hers. Change = tears in my daughter’s life.

It sucks. On one hand I feel sad for her. On the other, I get irritated. Get over it! I want to tell her. Sigh…

How does this relate to Sixteen Candles you ask? Remember that scene in the movie when Samantha is sitting in the hall crying because of Jake or Farmer Ted. And the cool girls walk by and say hi and she’s like OMG I gotta go back in there. So she does. And then right behind her are these parents who shove their kid through the double doors, forcing him to go to that dance. They hold the doors closed and you can hear him say, “But I wanna be with you guys!”

Yeah. I felt like that. I shoved my daughter through the door of her classroom. Literally shoved. While she was crying. I felt like an ass. But I had to do it. And guess what? I saw her an hour later when I was covered in paint helping with an art project outside of my son’s class and she was all nonchalant. “Hey Mom.” **insert eye rolling here**

I would share that scene here on the blog but the nimrod who put the clip on YouTube disabled embedding. WHY do they do it? I find it frustrating. You can find the clip here. The moment I’m talking about starts at the 1:15 mark.

p.s. – Sixteen Candles is my favorite John Hughes movie. When I watch it I feel like it is a snippet from my actual life. No joke. That bus scene? I have LIVED that, seriously. What’s your favorite John Hughes movie? May he rest in peace…