Suggestions for the 30 minutes in every day that I have to wait

How about cross word puzzles? Or take the checkbook and balance it. Pay bills. Read the news paper. Take coupons and cut them out. Do you knit or crochet? Maybe you could start. Try to do something different every day. That way it won't become boring as well. How about talking to the other parents who are in line?

here are some i could think of: 1) bring a newspaper and play crossword puzzle --- this never gets me bored 2) read a comic book --- archie, for instance 3) cross-stich --- i've seen so many parents in my newphew's school passing their time by cross-stiching 4) make friends with other parents 5) pray 6) observe other people and imagine what goes on in their heads --- that should be pretty interesting, huh? hope these help. good luck!

Take a recorder or harmonica and learn to play it, start a scrapbook and work on it. Read your bible, pray. Write letters or cards, make to do lists, clean out your glove box, sort and read and answer mail.

How about writing letters, answering rsvp's, paying bills during this time? Making your schedule out for the next day, you to do list? Perhaps take catalogs and do shopping for those birthdays, holidays that are coming up or if you have a laptop and can get a connection to the internet you could do your shopping online or other web related work such as answering emails. Do you have a portable DVD player and some favorite sitcom dvd's that are only 20 minutes or so long that you like to watch. My daugher loves repeats of Reba so she bought the seasons of Reba so she can watch it anytime. Puzzle books such as wordsearch, crossword, those crazy number books that are all popular now. Electronic games like solitare or slots if you are into gambling. Do you scrapbook book or quilt or crochet or knit? Work on those things during that time. I hope you can use some of these ideas?

Just some suggestions. You could: Jog on the spot Skip with a skipping rope Juggle Play cards (solitaire) Invest in some handheld games Get a laptop and play games/write a book Paint your nails Do Sudoku Do Puzzle Books Knit/Crochet/Embroider Get a dog and bring it for a walk (your own dog, don't rob someone elses) Snooze for half an hour Take photographs That's all I can think of for the moment. :)

1. Plan you menu for the next week and update your planner if you have one. 2. I make phone call that must be made in this time. 3. Bslsnce you checkbook 4 Read you mail if it has ran 5 Call friend or family 6. Write a letter to a old friend 7 Get a newspaper and read the sales items 8. Are volenteer at the school that last hour of the day sometimes I pick up my 3 all at differnet school so I know your pain

hmm have you ever tried taking a mobile games platform like sudoki ? just anything that keeps you concentrated. either that, or use your cellphone built in games. Thats all I can think of right now.

sudoku, it is fun and challenging, listen to the radio as you do them. You can print them for free off the internet, or I buy the books at the dollar store.

Is it possible for you to leave much sooner? Because I would rather wait at the front of the line rather than wait near the end or the middle. I have to leave almost an hour before school lets out to pick up my children. LOL But I am always one of the first people there and I enjoy the time reading. Maybe you do not have the right book. Maybe it would be better to have a magazine instead. I find there are times that I am reading and it just makes me want to fall asleep also. But then I just learned that the book was not moving fast enough or keping my interest. So here is a suggestion for a book that kept me turning the pages and maybe me thing "Already?" when the kids started to climb in the car. Eternity by Maggie Shayne It will grab your attention from the very beginning. And if you like that, it is a sequel of 4 books. :) Let me know if you like it and if you want any other suggestions. :)

why not get out of car and go and sit with one of the other mothers who sit and wait in the line. just think of all the other mothers you will meet and might even become friends with some of them...

why dont u just go 20 min latr so u only hav to wait 10min or even go 30min latr so ull be right on time ..

i personally like reading, but if that makes you tired, would a book on tape be better? or you could take up knitting or even spend the time balancing your checkbook. but why do all the parents have to pick up their kids in the same spot? couldn't you wait down the street or something so as not to be in the line?

if you can afford keep one servant who can daily pickup and drop your daughter, otherwise you go by 2:15 like so, your waiting time will be reduced, otherwise if you felt getting bored waiting in the queue, you bring some of your intersting books and read them daily while in the queue

well that sounds like a problem. since reading makes you sleepy. that was what i was going to suggest. if you have a cell phone you could play a game on it or talk to someone on it or text people. get an ipod so you can listen to music while you wait. or get a handheld game those are pretty occupying. hope that helps

Bring the newspaper and read it. Also, in the paper, you can do the puzzles.. all kinds... crypto, sudoku, crossword etc. Is it possible to get there a little later.. so you don't have to wait that long?

A very nice question, i think if u have a PDA or LAPTOP, you should carry it with urself and start making posts at mylot or doing some money making activity,it will help you kill time in an addicted way!You might think it as a joke but you won't believe that i actually do the same,that i carry a PDA and whenever i am free i start making posts overhere!!

I think that is a funny problem, and if I where you I probably relax.

you could get an iPod. listening to your favorite kind of music would pass time. or get a PSP, if you're into video games (which i kinda doubt) that'll help pass time.

Wow, do you live where i do? hehe The line at my daughters school starts at 2 pm, and if you get there before school lets out at 245 you will not be able to get through the line fast enough. I thank god that i only live half a block, but even if its raining, they will not allow her to walk out and let me walk her home, they make her go to the car pick up and i have to wait in a line for 45 minutes and i live less than a minute a way, if that. I usually start a movie or something, or play a game on the psp, or gameboy. Or even if you dont have that, pick up a magazine or something. It drives me crazy, but alot of things do these days, hehe. Good luck.

Find a really good book, one that you are interested enough in to want to keep reading even when it's time to go. If you find that book, you will find a way to pass thirty minutes.