School? Tomorrow?

Hallelujah!!!!! i mean, i can't believe i have to send my 3 precious angels off to someone else to care for them all day. who am i kidding??!?! they can't wait to escape the chains of their cranky, uptight mother! i think they forgive me for being, well...me.
honestly we have had a pretty laid back summer. we did some get-a-ways, had some play dates, swam, and really just hung out all summer. no set bedtime. no set wake-up time. ate cereal for dinner at times. they learned to swim much better and the boys can now be in the deep end! we ate a lot of fruit. i let lauren tend the boys alone a couple of times-big step for her! we let a lot of strange men in the house as we had house projects going on. it was truly the "lazy dayz of summer" for us.
they now lay in bed and try to sleep. i'm about ready to give them prescription sleeping pills...cuz they will not stay in beds!!!!! we spent most of yesterday shopping for school stuff and paid way too much because i waited too long to do our shopping. whatever. i also woke up at 3:30am thinking it was 4:30am cuz i was gonna go to the gym at 5am...so...i didn't get much sleep yesterday and after a tiring workout, shopping, and the heat...i was dead by 5pm. we had cereal for dinner.
i must say i will miss them. honestly. i've enjoyed just being with them. the home will be quite quiet. i'm not gonna say that i "don't know what i'm gonna do with myself" because i have a long list of projects. it's just that accompanying guilt of "should-of, could-of, would-of..." that always lingers above my motherly head. it's the side of my brain that screams, "chill out"!
so off they go tomorrow. lauren is on to jr. high. ethan is off to a much more challenging grade for him - 4th, and evan will be in a fun class and in school all day this year. they are so excited. they can't wait to see their friends, meet new ones, get to know their teachers, and do all the fun things school has to offer. i can't imagine home-schooling our kids. i fully get it's function and place, but my kids would just die if i had to be their teacher and probably feel imprisoned if our home was their "classroom"! they need that social time, to receive direction from another adult, and to get the exposure to all the diversity in all it's forms from school. not to mention the different elements of teaching and learning, and skills they are introduced to. we love their school. it's a wonderful community in and of itself. it's a true gem. last year i decided i wasn't gonna participate as much as i have in past years. this year i am gonna be a lot more involved on both sites. really, these years do go by so very fast. i will have time for myself later - but that's a whole other post!
i'm off to make cookies and lunches, the dishes and floors and laundry, and make school emergency packets. big sigh. i think i'll try to get up at 5 again to go to the gym...i'm gonna need a workout to start this year off on the right track! ya right!
ian is on the sofa with his laptop and just called me, on the computer, to see if i have calmed down. that made me smile. i told him i was releasing via the blog - i won't share his comment!!!
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song of the day: "teach your children well" some song i remember from the 70's that i loved!