Saturday, 18 February 2017

A Very Specific Phrase

I have this beautiful child, he is a special needs kid so he’s often difficult to work with, the communication is limited, and he’s ability to obey instructions is severely lacking. But regardless, he is a beautiful, kind and funny kid.
I am only bringing him up now because he has just started this new habit in the water, where he has to say, or yell, a very specific phrase before he will start swimming. Now this phrase must be uttered before every lap, when he turns around at the other end of the pool, and if, for some reason, he stops in the middle of the lap (probably to fix his leaking goggles).
This phrase, whether you are familiar with it or not, is already annoying me to an unnatural amount. It is:
“3, 2, 1, Let it Rip!”
To those people with kids (or those youngish ones who had an awesome childhood), this phrase is used in competitive bay blading, before the thingo in the doodad is pulled and the spin top is released into the stagey-thing. (I totally know what I am talking about.)
The first two or three times he said this, it was cute and funny and got me all nostalgic about kid’s toys. But two weeks, and three hundred repeats later, I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sick of it. You have no idea.
It’s not like I can tell him off, because ever since he started this infuriating habit he has complained less about swimming because he’s somehow made this fun connected to this game that he obviously plays (otherwise this whole thing make zero sense).
So, hopefully thing little rant will fuel my annoyance for just long enough and I can be calm and teach him normally next week. J

I always hope for the best anyway.

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