Today is Monday and marks the beginning of the end of our summer break. Though the days remain inhumanely hot and we have been blessed with an extra heavy layer of humidity these past few days, we will be pulling the kids' school sweater vests from the back of their closets and seeing by just how much they have out grown their Sue Mills khaki pants. I wish I could spell the sound of the groan I just emitted! I'm not ready! I'm not ready! I'm not ready! This is where you should picture me face down on the floor, kicking my legs wildly and pounding my fists. Sigh...
In preparation for the back to school routine:
* I have reactivated the alarm clock on my Blackberry
* I have made an enormous grocery list
* I have planned to stock up on unhealthy school snack foods
* I have settled my $4.00 debt with the school cafeteria
* I have agreed to take the kids shopping for new shoes to replace the ones from which not so human smells uncontrollably waft
* I have set an unrealistic goal to have dinner ready for consumption before 9pm this week
(Picture more moaning here)
I will NOT stress over my kid's easygoing attitudes toward:
* Homework
* Tests
* High school entrance testing
* Getting up on time
* The completion of school projects
* Remembering their belongings
* The overflowing kitchen trashcan
* Their dirty dishes left everywhere
* Bathing
* Flushing their toilets
* Wet towels on the wood floor
* My stressing out
* I will NOT stress over my inability to not stress
* I will remember to buy plenty of wine
When you master not stressing over those things, come over here with your wine and teach me!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the checklist... I don't know about Trenton and Christy, but John Henry could sure use a haircut...and I'd better check the AXE supply...
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