Is likely to be a day that ends with them too. My youngest has not yet adjusted entirely to the old routines of school. Now with a consistent wake up time, and a set of demands to fulfill prior to leaving the house, she is having some “Big Feelings” about her return to the classroom. What do you mean I now have to wake up, use the bathroom, eat, brush my hair, brush my teeth, get dressed, and get ready to travel to school each and every week day morning until we hit a holiday, PA Day, or break week. That’s nuts! So as I have mentioned previously this will take a week or two to become the new normal, and then we’ll only have morning tears once every two to three weeks about, “I hate school!”, or “I’m not going to school!”, shouted through big fat tears and messy hair. Gotta love it. The older one is more resigned to having to go. If she throws a wobbly about it, we know there’s an actual problem we haven’t heard about, or been informed of.
Today is Wednesday of all days. Wowzers. These short weeks are a real trip. Yesterdays high of 39°C withbthe humidity was really unpleasant. Expected during the summer, not so good once the kids are captured by a 100 plus year old school with no AC. We ended up needing to swim for several hours after the school day to get over it. Was still uncomfortably hot by 8:00pm. I suspect the storm tomorrow will come with lots of thunder and lightning.
I’m home alone today as my wife is out volunteering at her school to make sure her co-OP kids get their papers filed properly to be able to graduate, as the counselors last year didn’t do so, and now they’ve got to do one more semester, and file the appropriate materials on time. So that’s where she’ll be until 2:00pm today. I’m going to sort laundry, and clean while the house in empty.
You know what, I don’t blame the kids for having an adverse reaction to the return to school, because now I too have to wake up earlier to make lunches, breakfasts, and get kids dressed, and have all their gear found out in order to leave. It’s an adjustment for everyone. I’d much prefer to languish in bed, all snuggled up in the covers, with my fan going full tilt at my body. Waking up with your body rather than an alarm is far superior. In my opinion anyway. Looking forward to the weekends, and summer break where the kids sleep in until 9 or 10 am. Not crazy late, but not too early either. I get really pumped when they hit 8:00 or 8:30am. That’s pretty good too. But it usually involves a really physical day, or a very late night to precede it.
In the end we made it to school, even with the tears and commotion. I just had to hold, and rock back and forth while we waiting in line at our doors, as her friends showed up. Then all was forgotten. Not a big deal once out of the house. And afterwards we’ll swim again to shake off the stress from the extreme heat. So that should be fun, but tiring. Which leads us to the end of the day tears. See, I knew I’d get you there eventually! Ha. Ciao Bella!
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