Caroline Starr Rose

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Carpool Conversations

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Rubber snake aerobics,
rubber snake wars,
rubber snakes dangling from the windows.

Dirty hands,
tired faces,
“all y’all are bugging me.”

Test folders,
little homework,
Fun Day coming Friday.

“Mom says
we can’t use the snakes as slingshots.”

Is school about to end?

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  1. Natalie Aguirre says

    May 21, 2010 at 11:25 am

    I so know the feeling. I just had my last 14 hour day yesterday between work and volunteering at an event at school right after work. I’m so glad not to have days like that till Fall, though till school ends June 18th, it’ll be busy.

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  2. Creepy Query Girl says

    May 21, 2010 at 11:34 am

    Yup, sounds about right:) And there’ll probably be more carpooling to be had when school’s done.

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  3. Karen Amanda Hooper says

    May 21, 2010 at 12:50 pm

    Snakes in the car.

    Eek.

    Hope you have a great snake-free weekend. 🙂

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  4. Irene Latham says

    May 21, 2010 at 12:50 pm

    With you, Caroline… I am SO ready for summer!! And much as carpool exhausts me, I LOVE the conversation. 🙂

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  5. salarsenッ says

    May 21, 2010 at 2:11 pm

    Perfect!

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  6. Caroline Starr Rose says

    May 21, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    Karen, the snakes were part of a birthday cake (one of my sons asked for a snake cave the other an ant hill!). Those snakes have taken up residence in the van.

    No snake-free weekend for me!

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  7. Lydia Kang says

    May 21, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    Not to be confused with “Snakes on a Plane.”

    Sweet poem!

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  8. Elana Johnson says

    May 21, 2010 at 4:25 pm

    I live in a snake-free zone. I’m sort of like Indiana Jones in that snakes freak me out. And they don’t even have legs!!

    I love “all y’all are bugging me.” That about sums up my life right now too. 🙂 🙂

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  9. Shannon O'Donnell says

    May 21, 2010 at 4:48 pm

    Ha ha ha! Perfect! I am totally with you! 🙂

    Have a great weekend!

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  10. Solvang Sherrie says

    May 21, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    I love eavesdropping on the conversations that take place in the back of my car 🙂

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  11. Caroline Starr Rose says

    May 21, 2010 at 6:33 pm

    “All y’all” is one of my favorite local expressions, along with “I’ve been knowing him/that” for “I know him/that” and “She fussed me” for “she yelled at me.”

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  12. laurapauling says

    May 22, 2010 at 12:17 am

    We still have another 4 weeks of school – I’m working to finish up my first draft.

    Is May B. a verse novel?

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  13. Lisa and Laura says

    May 22, 2010 at 3:03 am

    Love it. I just can’t decide if I’m ready to have these conversations all day every day for three months. 20 minutes in carpool is slightly more manageable. Ha!

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  14. Natalie says

    May 24, 2010 at 3:03 am

    This was hilarious, Caroline. I need to get in a carpool so we can have some more interesting car conversation. Mine is mostly. “He’s pinching me, Mom!” and “I need to go potty.” Maybe it will get better when they get a little bigger.

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  15. Dawn Simon says

    May 25, 2010 at 1:05 am

    Super fun! Kids crack me up. 🙂

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