1. I rolled into the weekend with my joy cup overflowing. You guys, the kids had such a good first week at school. I mean, I expected they would but I was still hanging in there, waiting to see if the experiment blew up. Instead I got this each afternoon.
- Day 1 – “Wow! It was such a great day!” That’s wonderful, babes, but day one is never the hard stuff.
- Day 2 – “I love this school.” From BOTH of them. And I’m trying to pull out of the parking lot while quietly sniffling into my sleeve because what? you love it?? – I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying.
- Day 3 – “We had so much fun today.” In, you know…class.
- Day 4 – “We had the coolest writing prompt today. We had to imagine a world without mirrors…” That led to an interesting discussion.
- Day 5 – “Today went so fast! I think it’s because we started doing more academics.” Okay, we’re all in.
2. It took me until Friday to learn the school has a rule: “No Spartan sits alone.” This is how I found out neither of my babies – who am I kidding, Bear’s a social butterfly who’s never met a stranger, I worried about T-man – sat alone at lunch. From the very first day. (I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying.)
3. I don’t think I realized exactly how much stress I carried around with me all the time. This week has been full of strange little shifts. It’s good.
4. The cows are still mooing away behind the trees. I keep watching to see if they freak out the dogs but so far so good.
5. Bear had a sleepover this weekend with her new/old friend. On Monday she told me she’d really clicked with a girl at school – “it was like we’d known each other forever!” – and wouldn’t you know they were in the same playschool class a bazillion years ago. They used to hang out together at the YMCA daycare, too. Crazy, crazy, crazy.
6. Gracie is precisely one pill away from finishing her last medicine. Maybe we can go an entire month without some crazy Gracie note on the blog…bwahahahaha!! As if.
7. I asked Bear if she wanted to try out for the school play and my stars, the look on her face. She’s all, “Mom. It’s a musical. There’s dancing.” What, like you’re an ogre with cement block feet? Posh!
8. Y’all, the level of wreckage in my house is off the charts. I don’t know what happened. First I meant to straighten this thing up, but I got distracted by that other thing and messed up the area more in the process. Then I tried to sort out the new mess but set down my papers from a meeting and three layers later I can’t figure out where to start. Seriously, we might just have to burn this puppy down and start over.
9. You’ll note I’m still sitting here at my computer, happily blogging away, despite said wreckage surrounding me. I don’t know how to explain that either.
10. And for the weekend Twitter roundup: Senator John McCain passed away and is being honored by Republicans and Democrats alike. The White House lowered flags to half mast and Donald Trump managed a tweet expressing sympathies for the family, but he couldn’t muster up words of praise for McCain himself. He then went on to repost previous tweets about the economy, Hillary Clinton’s e-mails, and the special counsel investigation. I especially loved his claim to an “over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite (I hope) President within the Republican Party.”
I’m very happy to hear that they are liking the new school. Everything else pales by comparison.
For the record, I love crazy Gracie notes, but I wish they didn’t involve life-threatening stuff being ingested. Can’t that dog just track some mud into the living room?
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Right?! It’s like she’s worried we’ll get BORED or something…
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Awwww! I’m glad your kids are having such great experiences at school! Here’s to hoping their enthusiasm carries them through the entire school year. Is it safe to say this was a good move? Is it too soon to say?
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No, Laketra, I can already say it’s without a doubt the best move we’ve ever made. It’s middle school and there’s no such thing as perfect so I’m sure they’ll hit some bumps. It’s just that the bumps will be run of the mill teen behavior or “too much homework” complaints instead of soul crushing trauma. This is all kinds of good.
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Yes! Laura and family for the win!!!
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Do good to hear they are having a good experience at school. So important.
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Thanks, Colline. This is going to be a life changing year for our kiddos.
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I have learned that those household chores do not go away – they will wait and wait and wait until someone finally gets to them. No matter how much I wish for a little elf or two to come in quietly and take care of htings for me, the chores just wait. I’m looking at windows that badly need cleaning right now – I really don’t want to.
As to the popularity of he who has no brain, yeah, well, some people lie with alternative reality, don’t they?
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How funny, MY household chores never disappear either. If anything they seem to multiply the longer I leave them waiting…huh. Someone should really look into the elf shortage, I think.
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I raised two daughters, now ages 52 and 50. Yes, I am so old I was at Methuselahs baby shower!! Somehow, through all the chaos and drama, life settles down and everything just slides into place. But coffee helps!! 😜
🔹 Ginger 🔹
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I’m a huge fan of the coffee. Often several times a day. 😉
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I’d start with the kitchen myself. that’s where the coffee is.
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Funny, Jim, I was thinking the same thing. Priorities.
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It’s amazing how much joy feel as moms when our kids succeed, and it is indescribably difficult to handle it when they flop. It’s akin to watching your heart walk around outside of your body. You just want it (them) to be safe and doing well! I love that yours had an awesome first week. So so great. And don’t sweat the sh*t show madness at home. That will get taken care off eventually, too. I think your heart and mind know that they don’t have to sweat that kind of small stuff when they can focus on rejoicing on a win for the week. Big hugs! Jo
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Thanks, Jo. This helped put things in perspective when I woke up this morning to what truly is sh*t show madness. 😆 Maybe some coffee will better equip me to chip away at something…
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Haha sorry girl. And the pendulum swings back once more. It’s a dance, isn’t it? My mom has always said that you (a mom) are only as happy as your happiest child. It sure is nice when they are floating on air. Y’all will get there again. A great first week is an awesome predictor for a wonderful year (even if you add a few crapfest mornings and afternoons into the mix). ❤️🤗❤️
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Hey, who cares about the house, all the important stuff is in order )
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100% true!
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