Lackadaisical Mom
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Lackadaisical Mom
@lackymom
Lover of Jesus and sarcasm, lazy parenting & home renos. Marginal Mom raising Perfect Oldest Child & Grumpy Elementary Schooler.
Hiding from my kids Katılım Haziran 2013
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@natkirsten How do you know? Do they send an email telling you?
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@ajc Jury reached verdict on Kendrick on Monday and they reached on Stillwell today.
Kendrick not guilty on any charge.
Stillwell was found guilty only on count 64, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Not guilty on every other charge.
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@DoctorTurtleboy Ppl also need to remember that we’ve watched replays and commentators. They saw things ONCE. No recaps or breakdowns. They don’t want to be here forever, they’ll unite as quickly as possible.
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Most polls show that less than 10% of trial watchers believe Karen Read is guilty. Odds are 1 or 2 jurors reached that conclusion initially, but they must keep an open mind. Now the other 10 have to convince them they’re wrong by going through the evidence. This is how our jury system was designed to work. This is normal. The not guilty jurors will be able to change the minds of the guilty jurors. The guilty jurors cannot change the minds of not guilty jurors.
Not guilty is inevitable.
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@BrianLaManna_ Alright you convinced me to get TSA pre check. It’s been on my to list for a good while
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@sewistwrites Do as much as you can at night. If she doesn’t sweat too much, I’d dress her at night too.
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@BrianEntin @NewsNation Is there a place we can view them?
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934 pages of Jeffrey Epstein docs just released.
We have a team going through them and will have the latest at 8pmET on @NewsNation.
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@hidinglauren That was pretty much exactly what I told my company when they told me to use LucidChart or Visio for process mapping.
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Somewhere, David Wallace is furious that Suck It is being sold on @ABCSharkTank. 😂
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@Delta, Sheniqua at LGA’s Gate 85B is a hero today for getting me on a flight home after no one else could. So grateful for her.
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@anymanfitness I love this. I too have had that sobbing teenage girl in the passenger seat. It’s the worst feeling.
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Last year, my daughter got cut from her 7th grade volleyball team.
She made the first cut, and thought she had a good chance. But on the second and final cut, they called her name, and she put her head down and walked out to the car where her mom and I were waiting.
She opened the car door, sat down, and started bawling. It was so hard to watch. She wanted to be on that team more than anything. I thought she was good enough, but the coach didn't.
My heart went out to her. But we didn't sugarcoat things for her. We told her we understood how much it stings. I've been cut before. Her mom had been cut from sports before, too. It's an ego shot and a gut punch.
We told her to go ask the coach what she could work on for next year. The coach gave her good feedback. And told her she was the "first girl cut". Which sounded promising, but only added to the sting. She said to me, "If only I had been a little bit better and made a few more serves..."
We told her she had a few choices. She could let this be the end. Or she could use this as fuel and fire. And to use it as motivation to work hard to make the team next year.
For a solid year, she practiced 4-5 times per week minimum. She went to every camp, every practice session she could find, found a travel team she could play on, and spent her entire summer at camps, practices, or in our backyard smashing the volleyball against our house (and denting our siding lol).
She had her tryouts this week. In the first tryout, she unleashed her new jump serve and hit 20 straight volleyballs over the net. The coaches were stunned. She said all the coaches came up to her immediately in the first 5 minutes with their clipboards and said, "What's your name?"
They started using her as a demonstrator, saying "Hey, Brooklyn, can you show everyone how to do this?" Even over the returning starters.
I asked her how she did when she got back. "Hey, you've been around a lot of volleyball in the last year. How did you do? Were you in the upper half of the players?"
She's a humble girl. And she proudly said, "I was the best player on the court."
She made the team, obviously. I'm beaming as a father this week.
I told her how proud I was of her. But not just because she made the team, or she's a great player now. But because she didn't give up. She didn't cry about it (after that first day). She didn't ask mom and dad to go lobby for her to be on the team.
She got after it and worked hard for a full year, taking no breaks. Her other volleyball friends were for sure taking it easier. Chilling out and vibing during the summer. She was attending camps and practicing and getting better while they were relaxing.
Sometimes as a parent, you hope you're teaching your kids how to do things.
But this was a case where she taught me how to do things. 100%.
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