FRIDAY, AFTER SCHOOL:

Kid 2: I want to go to the gym every day.

Me: Ok. You could go right after school. I could drive you straight there and drop you off. It can just be your every day routine.

Kid: How would that work? I wouldn’t have my stuff.

Me: Pack it the night before. Leave your gym bag in the car. It will be waiting for you after school. Change at the gym.

Kid: Ok.

SUNDAY, BEDTIME:

Kid: I don’t feel like going to the gym tomorrow.

Me: You can’t count on “feelings” to make you want to do anything. Have you ever thought, “I feel like doing some homework?” No. You have to do things even though you don’t feel like it.

MONDAY MORNING, GETTING IN THE CAR TO GO TO SCHOOL:

Kid: *throws packed gym bag into car.*

MONDAY MORNING, AFTER I’VE DROPPED OFF KID:

Me: I should get to work. My deadline looms. But I don’t feel like it.

ANISE RAE