Friday? How Did That Happen?!!

I was awoken by a phone call from Pops this morning... he wanted to let me know that there was someone looking for me and had not realized that I no longer had a land line phone line... she didn't know how to get in touch with me. What was strange was that during the conversation I let it slip that I thought today was Wednesday. There was a slight pause and then he informed me, in a rather astounded voice that today in actual fact was Friday!

I seem to have lost a few days somewhere along the line.  I'm not quite sure how that happened but perhaps I had my head buried too deeply in my homework. Either way here it is Friday and there are only three days left before the beginning of school. Daughters #1 and #2 are heading off with Teapot and me for a day of shopping in a nearby town for their back to school supplies this afternoon. We are still hoping to get away for a few days but it probably won't happen until a later weekend in September.

Back to school is always an issue at this time of the year. Teapot is trying to get his classroom sorted at school and the Daughters are going through their closets in an effort to update their clothing and styles. For me, it is a time of angst. I love the lazy-get-up-whenever-you-want mornings of summer but I also love the freedom of not having kids around in the day to distract me from the things I like to do.... not to mention there's less mess to clean up. I usually plan a day of dyeing when school starts up in the fall because it is like a joyful treat to help aid me in adjusting to the new schedule. School means getting up early and having breakfast on the table when the rest of my family comes down from showers and dressing. School means long drawn out days of no conversation while Teapot is at work. School means that lunches need to be made the night before. School means a different pace for our lives. In some ways it is good. For starters I don't lose days and suddenly realize it is Friday. But in some ways I long for the days when our little family can be lazy and relaxed and just be us.

So in three days time I will watch the Daughters head out the door to school with their Dad and I will get out my dye pot but it won't be without a sigh of loss.

An aside:
It has rained so much in the last week that the grass is starting to look green again.  Too bad all of those farmers waiting for their oats and canola to ripen are not going to be pleased.