{"id":13716,"date":"2015-05-26T16:12:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T23:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momservations.com\/?p=13716"},"modified":"2015-05-26T16:12:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T23:12:49","slug":"i-dont-want-your-participation-ribbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/26\/i-dont-want-your-participation-ribbon\/","title":{"rendered":"I Don’t Want Your Participation Ribbon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation: <\/strong>Is there a ribbon for being the first to quit?<\/h4>\n

\u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a<\/h4>\n

Never quit in sight of the finish line.<\/h4>\n

As an athlete there were many grueling races\u2014 literally coming down the home stretch, lungs overtaxed, muscles atrophying\u2014where I had to convince my mind to override my body begging me to quit.<\/h4>\n

As a track coach it is what I tell my track runners: Why would you throw away \u00be of giving all you had to coast to a mediocre finish?<\/h4>\n

Finish strong. Always. Anything worth doing is rarely easy, but the feeling of accomplishment from knowing you couldn\u2019t give anymore lasts longer than the pain of your effort.<\/h4>\n

However, I might have an exception\u2026<\/h4>\n

\"056\"I. Am. Done. With. School.<\/h4>\n

I want to sit down right now in the middle of this last straightaway and be done with this overscheduled, overinvolved, over-long school year.<\/h4>\n

I don\u2019t care if everyone runs right by me and I don\u2019t get a participant ribbon. I DON\u2019T WANT TO PLAY ANYMORE!<\/h4>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to drive to school anymore.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to pick-up from school anymore.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to wash anymore PE clothes late Sunday night.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to do another emergency run to the store for lunch supplies.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to wake up early so that I can waste a half an hour of good sleep begging my kids to get out of bed.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to rush to Walgreens for another poster board, flash cards, or binder paper.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to have to check the Parent Portal again to make sure my kids aren\u2019t lying about homework and test grades.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to pick up from football practice, volleyball practice, track practice, baseball practice or any other practice.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to sign another permission slip, write another check, or donate another cookie or cupcake.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to make any more breakfasts that aren\u2019t eaten because someone\u2019s running out the door late.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to nag about bedtimes, showers, or getting clothes and backpacks ready the night before.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
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    I don\u2019t want to read another newsletter and I don\u2019t want to go to another meeting.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    I. Am. Done.<\/h4>\n

    We have spent 168 days in school (and, yes, as Academic Support I include myself in the \u201cwe.\u201d) There are 7 more days of school left. The finish line is so close, but yet so far.<\/h4>\n

    I\u2019m exhausted. I\u2019m perpetually grumpy. My brain is overloaded. I want to quit.<\/h4>\n

    But you never quit in sight of the finish line.<\/h4>\n

    Someone better be waiting with an awfully big watermelon margarita and a great beach book on the other side.<\/h4>\n

    #ReadyForSummer<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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