Your heart is pounding and you can't breathe, your palms are sweating, you have somewhere to be but you just can't get there...no this is not some corny horror you are in, this my friends is 'The School Run'.
It's not for the weak or faint hearted, if you are not strong you don't get on!
Some days can go well but more often than not the school run is an emotional roller coaster and you are not allowed off.
If just one little thing goes wrong...that's it....you are screwed!
You get to the school and you can see your fellow kindred spirits who are on the very same ride as you...you can't miss them what with the flared nostrils, dishevelled hair and that scary Mary look in their eyes, along with a quivering lip.......you knowingly acknowledge one another....you want to speak but daren't, for if someone is remotely nice to you...that's it, that dam is gonna burst and before you know it you are snivelling into a bitty piece of tissue.
Alternatively there are the days that if someone is remotely rude to you, you are likely to rip their head off, take it home to blend and return it to them with a straw!
Never mess with a parent suffering with 'School Run Syndrome', it's a rage like no other and for most of us there is no cure.
I wish I had a Telepod for the school runs.....with one press of a button you and your delightful unharrassed children are at the school gate. You are stood there looking like a yummy mummy with ' you're worth it' hair, not a sweaty palm in sight and a Stepford Wife smile on your face.....alas it's just a very elaborate dream of mine.
Yep the school run is stressful so much so that I've started a self help group called 'School Run Runaways'
See you there!
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