Remember the good old days? We were all out to save the planet – remember that? We were recycling, conserving energy, having our bills and bank statements sent electronically to save paper, and stopping the junk mail to save trees. Remember back then?
I have just printed out nearly 50 sheets of back to school paperwork – between Eilis, Granuaile, and myself. My printer has waved a white flag, and the guy selling toner down at the office supply store just ordered a brand new BMW. Oh, and there’s a group of conservation enthusiasts chained to my dogwood tree out front with signs that say, “You Won’t Take This One Without a Fight”.
Let’s not even talk about the writer’s cramp I’m about to get while I fill out all this paperwork!
Is there no way to order a Seat Sack online for Granuaile? She goes to Catholic school, for pete’s sake, they have my bank account number on file in case I skip out on the $11 bucks because the school doesn’t take PayPal or credit cards for this particular item. And while I’m at it, what IS this particular item?
There are lunch order forms, emergency contact forms, parent volunteer forms, school supplies which can only be purchased from school order forms (Really? Just tack that extra $10 on my tuition and give my kid the supplies on the first day. You already know they need them – you typed it out on a form to tell me!), and even a form from the PE teacher that I have to sign that says my child will be exercising in PE class.
Where is the Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavor in support of fewer back to school forms? They could call it “Mom’s Gone Nutty” – vanilla ice cream, sprinkled with nuts, spiked with tequila. That should keep me unconscious until next year’s school forms have to be filled out.
