Holy Cow! First off,
let me say I’m amazed. Two really
awesome Facebook groups linked to posts of mine and, well, my Facebook page
more than DOUBLED our followers/”likers” in less than 24 hours! I’m still stunned. J
I’m also amazed, in a different way, at how fast this summer is going by. In a little over a week, DD#1 will be back home from her 3 weeks in FL with her bio-dad. My other 3 DD’s are all back from their week at summer camp. Oh, and DD#1 forwarded me an email discussing her college orientation (one month from yesterday.) How did this happen? Weren’t we just scheduling DD#1’s high school senior portraits? And now we’re packing her up to move… and scheduling DD#2’s high school senior portrait session and finding time to buy all the back to school stuff needed before school starts again on August 21st. Is there a “slow motion” button I can hit, so these next 4 weeks slow down to an absolute crawl? I want more time with my kids. We haven’t even been to the beach (granted, it’s been raining and/or in the low 70s for an obscene amount of time this summer) or had one of our annual outdoor picnics yet this year. DD’s #3 & 4 haven’t had a lemonade stand yet.
I’m also amazed, in a different way, at how fast this summer is going by. In a little over a week, DD#1 will be back home from her 3 weeks in FL with her bio-dad. My other 3 DD’s are all back from their week at summer camp. Oh, and DD#1 forwarded me an email discussing her college orientation (one month from yesterday.) How did this happen? Weren’t we just scheduling DD#1’s high school senior portraits? And now we’re packing her up to move… and scheduling DD#2’s high school senior portrait session and finding time to buy all the back to school stuff needed before school starts again on August 21st. Is there a “slow motion” button I can hit, so these next 4 weeks slow down to an absolute crawl? I want more time with my kids. We haven’t even been to the beach (granted, it’s been raining and/or in the low 70s for an obscene amount of time this summer) or had one of our annual outdoor picnics yet this year. DD’s #3 & 4 haven’t had a lemonade stand yet.
I’m also amazed (in a bad way) at how much I’ve spent on
my car this summer. Without going into
too much detail, what started off as needing new wheel bearings lead to needing
a new (rebuilt) transmission which lead to needing a new (rebuilt) engine. I’m so sick of feeling like we’re hemorrhaging
cash.
And now I’m amazed that tonight is the first night of
DD#3’s cheerleading practices for the fall season. Whoa!
There go my weeknights for the next month and my weekends until
October. I love that she loves doing it,
and that DD#2 is her squad’s junior advisor, but it does take up a bit of time
and it’s yet another reminder that school is starting in 3 weeks… and DD#1
moves away to college in 4 weeks… and that I’m getting older.
*sigh*
I should be happy, as I LOVE early fall. It’s my favorite time of the year. Seriously.
I love when it starts getting chilly enough to wear a sweater and I can
pull tights and my favorite boots out of the closet. When I can make a huge batch of beef stew or
chili and it won’t cause the A/C to kick on in the house. When I don’t have to shave my legs every
damned day. (Hey, just being
honest!)
Oh well, life goes on.
Gotta learn to relax and enjoy.
And now I’m off to cheerleading.
Catch you all later!
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