'Mother'ing

Every parent knows how difficult it is with a four year old. But their troubles are nothing compared to mine. Parents work while the kiddo goes to the school/ day care. We are studying parents.
Morning is a running race which beats Olympics in excitement. Get everything and everyone ready. No one finds anything ranging from hankie to important files. Maid turns up precisely at the wrong moment and you wish you were transported to outer space right that instant.
In the evening, struggle with manager to leave at usual time, struggle in the traffic to find that elusive space for your vehicle, struggle with your household chores while trying to handle your kid who goes ‘waaah’ at every second minute (god knows why they don’t cry at school !!).
Ahaa.. I can see familiar looks on the faces of those who are reading this. Now what different do I have to say? I am a “studying” mother not a working one. Don’t raise eyebrows, I’m not done yet. It is not an ordinary college where u just attend classes and forget what you’ve heard there and be back home on time.
Imagine a campus like IIM where its study-study 24/7. Aah! Now I have your attention. I’ve got to do my homework as well as get my kiddos homework done. Read for my exams as well as follow the LKG test schedule. I end up getting many comments in the school dairy so much so that it actually is a daily conversation between the teacher and me.
Kids these are intelligent. My kid follows my timetable more than hers. She goes cranky the day before I’ve an important submission or test. It has become so much of a routine that when she goes ‘waaah’ I start thinking ‘what’s there for me tomorrow?’
I wonder why the kids forget that they have daddy’s shoulder as well to cry on. Dad’s there just for play or to get those things that are forbidden by mom done. Dad is daughter’s best friend. Ya, ya, but what about mom?