As most of my family heads off to the second day of the school year (7th in Robert's case), I am missing them. I appreciate the quiet time I have each day, but it certainly is a lot of quiet time. The hard part is that when they come home, it's just crazy. Catherine gets home about 3:00, has to be out the door at 5:30 for band and will be home around 8:45, then it will be to shower & bed. Robert and Thomas will be home 5ish from cross country. Thomas goes to be around 8:30, and Robert is between 9:30 & 10. I am often at band (or at least part of it) with Catherine, and Andrew gets home from football in the 5:30-5:45 range. I miss being able to really enjoy the time together as we do in the summer, but I'm grateful my kids are busy. I just miss having fun together.
I'm also having trouble adjusting to the fact that my house is so empty and quiet, and there is still a "6" as the first digit on the clock...along with the fact that I've been up for nearly two hours. Robert and I are getting up at 5 these days, and that is what is going to work this year. Andrew is worried about me getting so little sleep, but as the Olympics draw to an end, I'll get some more. As these early morning hours continue, my body will insist upon it! The thing I am most concerned about is the days I'll be subbing at the high school, but we'll figure out how to make it all work. I won't begin working until October at the earliest so that I can get us all adjusted to this new year, and also so that it will almost be the end of football season. The kids' craziness will continue, but at least Andrew will be almost finished with football and will be able to help with things!
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