You Call This A Break?!?

In case you weren't paying attention, L attends a Catholic school. This is all well and good until spring break time rolls around. You see, public schools have their spring break at the same time every year. Someone works out the number of school days in a semester, and plants spring break in the mathematical center of the second half of the school year.

Catholics take the easier route. They just give the kids a block of free time on both sides of Easter. This really sucks for my son, because all his friends attend public school. To make matters worse, half his friends go to school in the county, and half attend school in the city. One of those two had a teacher's strike, and started school late; so their spring break was late as a result. Thus my son missed out on vacationing with his county friends, and missed out a second time with his city friends. Now he's on Easter break and has no one to play with, and I have a 9-5 job. From 9 in the morning 'til 5 at night, I get to entertain a bored and frustrated 13 year old. (Don't get me wrong, I love my job... it's just that I'm not his ideal playmate)
He wants to run around outside and roll down the hill. He wants to play every video game ever created -except the ones he owns, of course. But there's no one to roll with, and no one to borrow games from. They're all busting their butts trying to get decent grades in the last quarter, so their parents won't ground them for the whole summer.

You know how it goes. Parents dangle rewards before their children's eyes. Rewards the kids will only get if their grades improve. The promise of a swimming pool, or a season's pass to Six Flags can make for some pretty hard working children. Suddenly, studying has merit.

Tomorrow is the last day of L's (incarceration) vacation, and it's definitely ending on a bright note. Persephone's kids are coming over to play! Woot!
I wonder if I'll need to help them with their homework.