Almost.

Today is Friday. The Friday before a long weekend. The last Friday before the kids return to school.

Can you FEEL the excitement?

I’ve got loads of laundry in the machine – with more to come this weekend, surely, after we sort through some of the bins.

This weekend we’ll make up some granola bars for lunches. Plan what other foods we’ll be including.

The backpacks have been stuffed with school supplies. New pens and paper and binders and pencil crayons and markers and rulers and scissors and, oh, man, I’m jealous of them for that. It even smells delicious and like a fresh start.

Oldest One and Middle One start school on Tuesday – Sept 2 – but Maymo only attends one afternoon (Sept 4) and then has to wait to start full-time afternoons on Sept 8.

The kids are playing nonchalant about it – even Maymo, preparing to start Senior Kindergarten at a new school, is calm and collected.

But me? I CAN’T WAIT!

I anticipate a few afternoon naps for myself. Some sewing. Some housework on a much bigger scale (it’s much easier to clean and tidy when no one runs through the wet floor two seconds after completion). Some reading! Outdoor stuff! THE LIBRARY!

I’ll even get to visit with friends! Run errands without three people attached to me!

My brain will be EMPTY for a few hours each day. I can hardly contain myself!

Holy crap, I am SO READY for this.