So much work. The calendar already looks like the Schedule Fairy exploded all over it. I am not ready and I am ready and it really depends on what time of day you ask me.

Oh, yes. It is crisis mode time. It was no easier when the youngest went to kinder. Maybe it was even worse. (And there’s your good news for the day. Ha.)

The real deal good news for today is that the kids will be great, and you will adjust before you know it. Life’s new normal is pretty darn good. The goal is for them to grow up (and move out), and now you’re on that path! It’s exciting. And scary. And wonderful.

My plans, to maintain my sanity:
– spend an hour every weekend during the school year preparing lunches for the week (I already do this, with a varying amount of success, for me & my wife, so this part, while it seems overly organized & stuff, might actually be the one thing that goes according to plan)
– head school shopping with my son this weekend, let him pick out back pack, lunch box, etc . . . though I’m FULLY aware that whatever he picks out, even though he’ll pick them out, himself, will be seen as “not good enough” once he starts school
– join the PTA because I’m a new “parent of a school kid.” Find that I’ve already scheduled myself (be they real appointments or fictitious ones) for every PTA-related function.