Time to get organized!
August 09, 2007 By: almostgotit Category: Uncategorized, freelancing, parenting
Asphalt parking lots so hot they melt the soles of your shoes. Summer evenings filled with the rattle and chirp of a thousand crickets. Cookouts and sweating, ice-cold pitchers of lemonade.
What does this all mean in our town? Time to go back to school!
That’s right. No more waiting until after Labor Day, these parts. Kids start back today, which is just so wrong! It’s hardly even August, for heaven’s sake. They should be swimming, not studying! Probably, as parents, we should organize some sort of deputation to the school board on the part of the children, because…
(just a minute while I close the door to my office.)
… I am SO GLAD!!! No more kicking the kids off of my computer! No more running them around to all their friends’ houses! No more chasing them around all day about their mud, and their stuff, and the doors they’ve left open, and all the cartons of food they’ve emptied and then shoved back into the refrigerator!
Being a mom is truly a freelance job, and therefore is always a balancing act. Flexibility is key, but it’s so nice when you can be a little organized, too. Forget January 1st – the first day of school is the real beginning of the year, and I’m SO looking forward to it!
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Coming Saturday: What “Back to school” resolutions are you making this year? Stop by to leave your comment, or drop me a line anytime.
August 9th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Isn’t that funny? I have always considered the first day of school to be the day of new beginnings, much more so than January 1. I felt that way as a child (buying and organizing new clothes, books, supplies), and certainly there is that sweet breath of relief (even if a tiny bit conflicted) that every Mother (no matter what her working arrangement) feels when the kids head back in for another year.
Happy New Year! (Mine doesn’t start until after labor day.)
August 9th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
First I thought you were crazy, and then I realized that, yes, you were just spouting a “party line” within earshot of your kids!
After all, now that we don’t need them to work in the fields anymore, why do they need a whole summer off!!