Good morning!
If you're like me (Heidi here), you struggle with letting go of summer. Summer is a time for relaxation, a time for fun, a time for enjoying your family and friends.
The school year, however....is not.
Every year about this time, I start to dread the idea of getting up early (summers mean sleeping in), about having to get somewhere on time, and about the loss of our precious "outdoor" time. This year is no different. I'm struggling with the idea of getting back into our school year routine. This summer's been a good one. I know I've been bad about the blogging everyday thing (it's been over a month - eek!), but I am kind of proud to tell you why: the boys and I have visited 18 different state parks this summer alone, not to mention weekly playdates with friends, and visiting family in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. It's been a really good, fun, summer, and I have the sandal tans to prove it!
What I haven't done much of is work, and that kind of includes this blog. I enjoy blogging, and hope that someone out there enjoys reading what I have to say (although I completely expect no one to admit to that. haha), but it does require that I sit still and in front of the computer for at least a little bit of time. I haven't really done much of that this summer. It's been a beautiful Maine summer: warm (sometimes hot!), sunny, and thoroughly perfect for hiking, beach-going, and exploring historic sites. So.....that's what we've been doing.
It's starting to cool down now, and with that comes lots of canning and preserving, which I've been doing a ton of, chilly bonfires in the backyard, beach days where we DON'T go swimming, and ........the dreaded back to school events...
For most of us, that means trying to get our kids back on a "school" routine, which translates into: gasp! getting up early and going to bed early!!
This is where I struggle. The summer, for us, is full of staying up until dark, catching fireflies, cooking marshmallows over a backyard fire, watching meteor showers once it finally gets dark....and definitely NOT getting up early.
We started "Operation: School Starting" in our household today. With it, I've decided to play around with our home routine - and this blog. As we get back into our school schedule and are forced inside by colder weather (and rain, in today's case), I'll be joining you back on this blog more often. I've played around with the settings to 1) brighten things up and 2) make finding things a little easier. "Tasty Tuesdays" will now be under the "In the Kitchen" heading, and other blogs will be posted by topic, for the most part. General musings and discussions will still continue here, on the homepage, but we'll try to be a little bit better about sorting our blog topics, so that you can find things a little bit more easily (especially in regards to work outs and recipes).
Our first day of Operation: School Starting has gone relatively smoothly. I woke up at 5:30, and like I figured, the kids followed shortly thereafter (6 am). That's a little bit too early for them - school wake ups are usually at 6:30 am here - so I've got to figure out the best way to get myself up and exercised without waking them up. Our routines need a little tweaking to get back on the top of our game, but we'll keep working on it - and blogging about it! - and eventually we'll get there!
I used to hate the last couple weeks in August for the same reason! Now we're on year round school and it's completely different. My kids are out this week, go back next week, and our next break is at the end of October/beginning of November. I'm all ready looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on visiting all those parks - that's awesome!!!