MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

Back to School

Today my babies walked off to school, without me walking along, excited, chattering, full of energy. I was at once the child remembering that electrified feeling of everything being new and yet the comfort of the school and friends you already know, backpacks full of new pencils and notebooks and folders, lunchboxes banging against legs your leg as you walk. And then I was the mom, calling after them, waving goodbye, feeling a tinge of sadness mixed with the exhilerating joy of getting some time to myself. It is a fresh new time, a new year for all of us. I hope it is a good one.

Today the house is a complete chaotic mess, after several busy days. We did the State Fair in all its glorious greasiness on Monday, the perfect weather in the upper 70s with sunshine. We were there from 8:30 am to 7 pm and it was great. We took lots of rest breaks and had plenty of our usual favorites in the nourishment department. We may have eaten a lot of junk, but we certainly did a lot of walking too. Hopefully burned some of it off!

And yesterday the kids and I went to Mom and Dad's, where Mom took the kids shopping for school shoes, which was very nice. DD had a hard time finding any shoes she would want to wear, in the whole of Famous Footwear, which has about 100 shoes to choose from. She doesn't like fashionable stuff, and she wants shoes to be ultra comfortable and slip on. After quite awhile, we found a pair of men's shoes that fit the bill. Whew! She promised to wear them.

And then last night we got to see "Hansel and Gretel" at the Children's Theatre. Very well done, with a dark side to it on the subject of poverty and hunger. It was a musical and the songs were fabulous. The two kids playing the lead sung in two-part harmony for many songs and it was lovely.

So now, kids in school, it is my time to write. I need to clean off my desk first, and then I've promised myself to write first, read email or clean the house later. I know I need to stick to this for myself, or I will fritter my time and feel bad.

Here's to a new year!

Posted by sapphire at September 1, 2004 09:13 AM