A New Start

In my Jersey youth, Summer lasted longer than it does now.  I mourn that every August.  It seems unfair to be back to a schedule when there is still so much summer left.  But, c'est la vie...I need to suck it up and whine less, and wine more beer less,  embrace routine, unpack the suitcase, keep food in the fridge, put the piles away that accumulated while I was home for one or two days at a time and just threw things on any horizontal surface, get some new pens, do laundry since bathing suits are not appropriate daily wear now that we are scheduled,  clean out the car, mow, get a haircut, get up to an alarm because someone needs to get to team practice, navigate around people I do not want to see, sit in the car and wait for everyone else, blah blah blah blah blah. 

But this new year will bring me back to some good things routine provides:  I will be writing and visiting blogs again (I've Really Missed You!!!), adding new pieces to my Etsy shop, exercising, seeing my kids shine when they do what they love at the end of the school day, going to farmer's market and the apple orchard, enjoying sushi Wednesdays with The BirdMan, and who knows what all else.  

It all started yesterday.  I kept the schedule I needed to keep during the first half of the day.  Then I looked around at the mess around the house and declared "We are school shopping today!" and shut the door to the mess.  Re-entry in baby steps.  Too hard to dive right in.  After getting clothes and shoes for the kids, I got a computer for myself~you all heard about my woes at the start of the summer~I did a lot of research this summer and settled on a Chromebook.  It seems like it will fit the limited ways I use a computer.  Here's Hoping!