It hit me last Friday that I had exactly one month until my youngest child started kindergarten.
As in . . . one month until things change. Big time. I’ll no longer be a mother of a pre-schooler and the nine-and-a-half-year period of my life that has included a little one by my side at all times . . . will be over.
Handling it well? Not really.
Anyway, I have decided not to worry about my blog this month. That doesn’t mean I won’t be posting (I actually have quite a few written posts that will be going up), just that I’m not going to worry about it if I need to skip a day of posting here and there.
If I have a post burning in my soul that will come out in a matter of minutes while the kids are still asleep . . . great. If not, it can wait.
I know the feeling…. this will be the first year in 17 years that I will NOT have a child in elementary school. The Lego King will be in 6th grade (with me.. Mwaaahhhahaha) and The Princess will be in 11th grade.
Sad, but exciting.
Groupon, Restaurant.com… Love them!! We also have a local ‘coupon’ type site that has coupons for similar items.
Have fun taking ‘time off’
Isn’t it amazing how the beginning of the school year makes you realize how time has flown? For a mom of school-aged kids, it’s the real New Year!
I am in the same situation here, half of summer I have been doing a class online while having my kids home with me. They have spent way too much time in front of the TV. I am booking some serious fun days next month, since I feel like I have wasted half of their holidays!
I know you know that I hurt for you. I hurt for me too, because as with “Duckville”, this will be my last year with one in elementary school. And my oldest is in 10th grade. So next year, I will have one in Senior High School, driving, and one starting 6th grade. I wish I could tell you that it gets easier, but the first week of school every year is the saddest week of my life. I usually combat the depression by signing up for a ridiculous amount of volunteer activities at church and school to fill up my time. Then about November I wonder what I was thinking! But it is a good time to give the house a serious cleaning!! I’m praying for you.