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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Tomorrow is the first day!

So tomorrow is Daniel's first day of preschool. I'm not sure who is more excited though - me or him! He can't wait to use his backpack and go to school, and he's so cute about it!

In fact, the excitement was just too much for him....he crashed out early!

Once we get into a routine, I'll have about 2 1/2 hours each afternoon with no kids. It's going to be weird and fantastic all at the same time! I'm not sure how we're going to do it yet but I'm thinking that if the weather cooperates, we'll walk Alex up to his school at noon, and then Daniel and I will walk (ok, he'll be in the stroller) back to his school so that he can be there by 12:30. Then I have to get Alex at 3:00 and Daniel at 3:30. It'll take a while to get into the routine, but we'll figure it out.

Now I just have to figure out what to do with my "free time" tomorrow. I was thinking about going to the grocery store, but it's too close to the end of my month and I need to wait a few days to do that.

Maybe the library. Alone. What a novel concept. This will be the first time in...well, FOREVER - that I've had time to myself on a regular basis. I had the 2 hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays last year, but this is going to be 2 1/2 hours every day....finally, I might get some things done during the day and not have to stay up until the wee hours of the morning every night just to get things done.

In a way, I feel guilty about being this excited about it, but it goes back to that whole Being A Single Parent thing - I need some alone time! I see other moms who are sad to see their kids go to school, and I can't wait. But I refuse to feel overly guilty about it - I need this.

But for now, I need to finish up some laundry and straighten up a little bit around the house, and then I really really want to try to get some sewing done. I was going to try to do that earlier today, but my initiative ran off somewhere. Darn it.

7 comments:

  1. fun. fun. fun. Sounds like awesome fun. I'm re-doing my blog. Making a blog roll with blog buttons on it. why don't you make yourself a grab button so I can grab it and put it on my blog :)
    by the way... don't ya just love how I gave you more work to do? ;)

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  2. LOL I know I should - I just haven't had time to do it yet! And I haven't forgotten about what we talked about the other night - I have all sorts of ideas running through this pea-sized brain of mine!

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  3. Don't feel guilty. You deserve it.
    I love my kids, but if I don't get a break, I would go insane. Not that I'm completely sane to begin with. Anyway, good luck tomorrow.
    :-)

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  4. YAY MOMMY FREE TIME!!

    Excellent.

    My free time from Emry.. is when I go to work.. isn't that sad?

    I need a day without work and without the Kid!

    Moms need that time!

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  5. Parents *do* need free time - and going to work doesn't count. I worked for the first 7ish years that I had kids (two jobs toward the end) and I hated it. Yes, it was a break, but it wasn't me-time.

    Just a few more hours......

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  6. JUST FOR YOU AMY.YHIS WAY WRITTEN BY MY FRIEND THIS MORNING FOR HER CHILDREN.I THOUGHT OF YOU.

    ThankS God for this new school year, my children, their teachers and friends. Protect and sustain them with whatever they need. Cover them with your grace and may your face to shine upon them each day as they wake. Help us to be the parents you created each one of us to be and as we raise them may we keep our eyes on Thee.

    ALSO GOD GOD BLESS AMY.AMEN

    GRANNY

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  7. Thank you, Granny! That is beautiful.

    It's been a very good day so far. I have to leave in about 15 minutes to go get them and see how Daniel's first day went. I can't wait!

    :)
    Amy

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