There I was in line at the day Care...

If there is one thing a single parent appreciates, it's a quick experience when trying to get two kids dropped off for school while on the way to work! Especially when it's two different schools a few miles apart. Such is the case each morning when I have my kids with me. Normally it's a disciplined process from the time the alarm goes off until I see them at day care that night. We get up, get dressed, straighten up, book bags, car keys, and out the door for a 20 minute ride to school number one. After the first school car jam, I'm off to school two. Where normally it's car free because we are there way before the actual school starts. They have an extended day program so I can drop my other child off to have breakfast and wait for school to start in a safe monitored environment. It's all very efficient, as I dash off to work which is 30 mintues away through rediculous traffic! Well as I stop to pay for the next two weeks of extended day, there is a lady in front of me who just seems a bit lost. She doesn't understand English so I can understand thigns are harder to figure out. I think she was trying to drop her child off there, which of course is not so simple! You have to register, and it's in a another place, blah blah. Unfortunately for me she is learning all of this while the clock is ticking and I am imagining the cars that are all racing to get in front of me for the next 30 mintues. Then I realize, I am going to be late!!She goes on and on, asking the attendant all the rules, directions, etc. Never even realizing..hey...these parents behind me need to take care of things too. All of us were just as speechless. It's one of those situations where you really would like to say..HEY! Lady! read the brochure and figure it out like the rest of us! But of course that would be insensitive, right? Meanwhile the clock in the wall ticks by another 5 mintues and I'm practically pacing by now. I thought if I did the pee pee dance it might get the message across, but there were kids present... If there is a way to clear your throat in a way that says...excuse but your 10 selfish minutes are up? There are other people waiting here! I swear I was about to grab a pen and draw the directions to the registration office for her!Next time I'm gonna get an inflateable version of me, blow him up and leave him in line with a check taped to his chest. I'm sure they will figure it out...Gotta love those lines! If nothing else they make good blog fodder.