I could see my breath this morning as I walked the dog. Summer in all its glory is fading from the air. The girls both head off to school next week and new runners and lunch kits and school supplies seem to be taking over. It’s time to start getting up earlier as the morning becomes a little more rushed. Lunches to be made, breakfast to be had, lost socks to be found.
School supplies were actually quite easy this year and not that costly. After buying so much every year for so many years we seem to have a lot of them hanging around. You would think our house is a mini-staples at times. I already had all the basics covered, dictionaries, verb books, geometry sets, calculators you know the “big ticket” items.
The little stuff can add up certainly but even then we didn’t need too much. It’s another example of why I always say organizing is the key to everything. Those who ask how I have the energy to do all that I do don’t realize that sometimes I don’t have the energy. I can keep going because I know whatever it is will be easier because it’s organized.
That of course is the biggest challenge to those first back to school days, organizing the girls and all their stuff. It’s always a lot to carry that first day and I try to space it out if I can. Actually no, that isn’t the biggest challenge that would be getting them up and out the door on time.
I let them sleep in during the summer months and while my youngest happily gets up early without a problem any time of year the oldest is becoming a little more challenging. Like me she isn’t a morning person and over the summer she would have happily slept until noon each day if I’d let her.
School starting is just another sign that the time for summer fun is almost over. Like the changing leaves, the cooler nights and the shorter sunlit hours. I’m not worried though as fall fun is just around the corner.
