Suggestions

So, I'm sitting here ten minutes before we have to leave for school waiting for J Boy to make his appearance downstairs. He is not dressed, breakfasted, brushed or bathroomed and pushing the issue lately is making for VERY rough mornings.

 

Because tourist season is imminent, my work schedule has picked up and I've been absent from his morning routine more often than not this week and it shows. J Boy is not a morning person and even the suggestion lately that he come downstairs and get ready for school initiates a tantrum of magnificent proportions. When I'm not here, he's taken to screaming for me by the door and making it close to impossible for James to leave on time, which is not negotiable. As the man in charge, he's the only person with a key and needs to open his store on time EVERY DAY---being late because of J Boy's ill-temper can seriously mess up a lot of people's days and call his performance into question.

So, if anyone has any suggestions, please give them. FWIW, he goes to sleep at the same time every night, in our bed (guh!), and typically wakes up between 7 and 7:30. He can't be counted on to wake up with sunbeams in his eyes consistently anyway. Right now, we're just riding it out and hoping he gets used to my not being there, but this seems to be tied up with his pervasive anxiety and historically, it takes him a loooong time to adjust.

I don't think I've been to work on time in at least two weeks (I don't work full-time, so I haven't been late ten times), and people are starting to notice --- I literally have to peel Jacob off me and run for the door. I don't want to explain and I don't think I should be put in a position to, nor have my employers put in a position to figure it out or take action because home problems prevent me from being on time. I have to hold back the impulse to say "It's not my fault! I'm trying!" and just carry on when I arrive.

 

*It is over an hour later and Jacob is at school. He wasn't too happy about it but he made it.