Heading into the first weekend of the school year

Here we are, heading into the first weekend of the school year.  I've decided beginning school on a Wednesday is absolutely the best way to begin school.  Ironically, in all of the years of my children's schooling, this is only the second year it ever happened.  Nobody, and I mean no one at all, needs the first week to be a full five day week.

Anyway, I always feel like the first weekend of the school year is so short, because we've been used to the great expanse of time off that is summer.  The last few years though, we've been able to keep it fairly unscheduled.  Not so much this year.  This evening is a football scrimmage and the school are doing a "meet the teams".  Andrew will be there with his football team, and of course both boys will be introduced for cross country (have I mentioned about Thomas? Perhaps that will be another post).  I have band obligations, although I've made it clear that once I get things set up, I will be very little use.  Robert has a very early bus ride tomorrow that leave at 6:30.  Yep, another very early wake up call tomorrow, although we do get to sleep in about 1/2 hour.  This cross country meet (high school only, thank goodness) is 2-1/2 hours away.  After I get him on the bus, we don't need to leave for about another 2-1/2 hours.  We decided afterwards that since we are so far east, we could meet his parents for dinner if we drove another hour and they drove 1-1/2 hours.  They agreed to that, and it will be nice.  It shouldn't be too terribly late when we arrive home, although we are all going to be worn out.  Sunday will be church, and Robert begins his new job.  I am taking Catherine and Thomas to my home town to celebrate the first birthday of baby Ava, my cousin's little one.  It will be fun to visit with family.

The summer flew by, as does every summer.  And with the way our schedules are looking, this school year is going to fly by as well!