So there are enough jokes about moms in particular and parents in general being driven up the wall by specifically two questions - “What should I do?” and “What can I eat”.
You know what’s offering respite - online real-time classes. Just imagine a bunch of elementary kids in a Zoom conference call. I am passively witnessing one and it is a stress buster. I pity the teacher though.
Prelude:
M: Mom am I looking okay in the video
Me: who cares manya - nobody is interested
M: I am interested in how I look - let me check and test properly!!
First 10 minutes:
“Who’s there”
“Hello, me”
“Hello, can you hear me”
“Hello, don’t talk together”
Next 10 minutes:
Apparently, they have to sign attendance...
“Can you see the pen icon”
“What is an icon”
“Near the mute”
“No don’t mute”
“Who me”
“No, you”
“Can I use highlighter instead”
“This is a tough job”
We are on the 31st minute and I think they are becoming pros at it. Well atleast till the next time. And I get 60 minutes of free me time.
Btw, the little monster gets on a Skype call with her piano teacher next. Call me a sadist but watching this tiny 7 year old negotiate her way around all this technology and then getting so exasperated with ensuring the device is charged, on time connectivity etc - as she goes around finding her quiet place for her “very important conference call”, making sure the door is shut tight and what not - is just so amusing. #FirstWorldProblems
