I am back!
After a few days away visiting my mum,
I have returned to my own family.
Sadly within hours I have managed to mess up!
In my absence my husband and son had managed well.
My husband had made two dinners,
beef stroganoff and chicken curry.
They had stroganoff day one,
they had curry day two,
and then on day three,
they had what they tell me was a duo.
Stroganoff and curry together!
So to make up for my time away,
I did what most mothers do.
I began to cook a dinner,
clean up,
and tackle the laundry.
Nothing too dreadful about that you say.
And you are right,
I had the best of intentions.
I cooked a lovely dinner,
and gathered all the washing I could find.
I was busy as can be.
Then I headed to work.
Thank God for work.
Because whilst I was there,
my eighteen year old son,
discovered I had washed his TaeKwonDo uniform.
He made this discovery,
minutes before it was time for him to go,
for his two hour lesson.
No time to dry it!
He roared, and shouted,
used every expletive he knows,
and more than my husband did.
He then put on his soaking wet uniform,
and left,
slamming the door behind him!
So as I type,
my son is fighting,
in a soaking wet TaeKwonDo uniform,
smelling of Lavender!
I have texted him (always the safest option!)
with my apologies.
Along the lines of….
“Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry”.
My only explanation I can give,
in order to excuse my madness is,
I thought it was Thursday!
I am not sure he will forgive me,
but hopefully two hours killing others,
will have calmed him.
So can anyone beat that,
or is it official.
Am I the worst mother ever?
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My thoughts on a page. 
Great post, and welcome back.
Thank you so much, not sure my son agrees!
1tric, I bet he does. BTW Tae Kwon Do also helps to overcome anger, so you can see the difference when he comes back. 🙂
You were correct!
A wet Taekwon do costume? Please, you’re not even scratching the surface of worst parent ever yet. Not event the worst Irish mother.
Ah thanks. I will print your comment and hand it to him when he returns! Us Irish mammys have very high standards!
I’d wait until he’s calmed down from his session just in case though. He may have learned something new he’s itching to try on somebody.
yikes. And now you’ve mentioned itching I’m concerned about chaffing! Luckily he loves his mum, usually!
With tears in my eyes, I thank you for the laugh! I’ve sent both my boys to soccer games with wet uniforms but you totally have me beat. LOL This is GOLDEN! He has the sparring advantage…
Thanks a mil. Just checked you out. We have so much in common!
Must be the Irish blood 😉 I’m looking forward to reading more from you… we definitely have quite a bit in common!
🙂
Um, if this is an indicator of “Worst Mother” mine needs to be thrown in jail…..
how reassuring! Maybe I’m a great mum. My family just expect too much. At least it was clean!
18 year olds can usually, with great effort, master the basics of running a washing machine. You are actually TOO good a mother.
Perfect comment. The best form of defence is attack! Thank you. I have had one drink and I agree. I am great! delighted to see you visit.
welcome back! at least he smells good while sparring 😉
Yes. Hopefully he “got up the nose” of those he was sparring!
Good to be back thank you.
Mothers mixing up days!! Who would have thought!?.. I especially love that he went to class in a wet uniform anyway! It is spring though!! c
Mothers getting anything wrong!! Thanks a mil for your comment and visit. Oh, and he has recovered nicely.
I have learn the hard way, sometimes my best intentions get me into the biggest trouble!
When I started reading – I thought you were going to say that you turned his crisp white uniform a delicate shade of pink. Now that and a lavender scent could get a boy into a lot of trouble!
See, you could have done something MUCH worse…and you didn’t!
Just goes to show, you are a wonderful mother. ❤
Your my new best pal! Thank you. He is definitely not a pink wearer so that would have been a real disaster!
This was brilliant 😀 ! So so funny, felt like I could see and hear it all! Loved it
Glad you enjoyed it. I liked your poems too, but didn’t want you to feel I was stalking you!
We all make mistakes and while we want to get mad at those who make them, we often can’t. Here is a good opportunity for him to learn in safe place from someone who loves him. We don’t want to make life hard for our kids, but it happens! Great post!
thank you. And nice to see you visiting
I managed to accidetally tumble off to sleep when i was months along. I had hypermesis. Well I woke to find my toddlers leg STUCK in the riveting o the coffee table! One panic attack and a bowl of country crock butter later … He was freed in an hour. So i think its safe to say the wet suit isnt too terribly bad. 🙂
Oh dear. That is one very consoling tale! Good one, and nice to see you.