... and this is how the first day ended. Wiped out but more than happy to get up the next day and do it all over again. He loves it and I am now officially the mom of TWO school aged children.
Wow, eight years of mornings filled with story times, preschool outings and various other children related activities. Afternoons spent running errands (and by errands I mean only those pressing enough that must be done) with kids complaining, "do WE have to go in" and "can't YOU just do this later, without US". Picnic lunches packed for the park that usually came about through bargaining, related to the dreaded errand running.
Eight years, count them, eight and now... it's just me.
Can I tell you how much can be accomplished in the course of six hours when you're by yourself and have no interruptions. Pause. Let's just think about that. I forgot what it was like. Throughout this first week of school I've found myself rushing from task to task only to stop and remind myself that tomorrow I get six more hours of this.
Like I said, this is the first week, school has begun and we're adjusting to the changes. I must say that I do miss those crazy mornings and mid afternoons with children. I miss them and get a little weepy when I think of how they're over. This is a new chapter for me... for our family. They're growing older, they'll continue to do so, it saddens me when I think about it but excites me in the same way.
Goodbye summer...we'll miss you. See you again in nine months.
