ok boom ! ... so this mom asked me to “carpool” with her this year at our kids new school. this is a convenience for her as she gets off of work @ 5. and it’s about 40 mins away. Luckily , i make my own work schedule and prioritize my kids picks ups/drop off (don’t schedule work around her drop off or pick ups ) ... i do this for my husband too because we only have 1 car. so anyway ... i agreed to be nice (hadn’t necessarily thought it out. ... I live downtown detroit which is 11 minutes away from new school . she lives 10 mins away from me in opposite direction. to pick my kid is on the way to school for HER. however , i DONT need her to do drop my kid off ... i’m used to dropping my hubby off and then coming home to get her and go 10 minutes ( i like it ... it’s our time together ) anyway , i agreed and i figures i’m pregnant ... lets see how it works.

this woman told me she would get to my house by 7:20am , 7:25. ... it’s 7:33 this morning and the woman hasn’t called nor showed up 🙇🏽‍♀️ and my kid has to be in school @ 7:45 . so i run to garage, get my car and call her as i’m pulling out (7:35 now )... she gonna say she was pulling up which was a lie because i would’ve seen her. Soooo boom i’m annoyed because i just can’t stand people who aren’t punctual or just disrespect my time and her daughter already said they were late yesterday (school starts @ 7:45) .

anyway. today after school with that back to school traffic ... it took 30 mins to drop her kid off at home to a step dad who has a license and car (wtf can’t this man pick her up) and then an additional 10 mins to go back in the direction of my house and get home.

literally puts and entire 30 -35 mins on my afterschool commute because it’s 2 highways to her house from school ... as appose to about 13 mins with traffic to my house

i had to pee so badly ...

sooooooo ... how i tell mom this ain’t gonna work out? should i send a text this evening saying i can finish our week but she needs to sign up for after school ?

disclaimer; i mostly agreed because i understand the childcare struggle like no other but this is the first time in my life i’ve had it this convenient and i just can’t see my being this annoyed by a stranger, she’s no friend , family , nothing.

my house is literally 13 mins with traffic. hers is 25 with traffic and increases as your go.