Schedule Changes and Falling Behind

First of all, I would like to say that I can’t believe it’s September. I’ve been waiting for school to start, but I didn’t think time would come this fast!

Speaking of school starting, my boys went back to school about 3 weeks ago. I was totally counting down the days. They needed to get back into a routine and spend some time away from one another. There was a lot of brotherly togetherness over the summer, which means a lot of fighting. A. Lot.

One week after the boys started school, I also started. I have the opportunity to teach English composition through the community college to high school students. That has been…interesting. We are still working out some kinks and issues with the website. I’m sure by the end of the semester, things will be flowing nicely.

While the schedule changes needed to happen and I’m glad school is back in session, that also means I’m behind. Throw into the mix the fact that both boys have already had stomach bugs and I got a cold, things have been challenging.

However, it’s September and things are going to go up from here. I have high hopes of this semester and the end of the year. At some point, I’m even expecting to get back to writing.

Back to School

Today is the boys’ first day back to school. I can’t tell you how excited I am! It’s only a half day, but I’ll take it. The past two weeks have been a bit challenging. The boys have been getting on each other’s nerves and fighting. And not just yelling fighting. Oh, no. Knock down drag outs. It’s been super fun.

The boys are excited to go back too. I’m letting them ride their bikes to school this year (I will be riding with them for safety), and they are super stoked about that. They got to get bike locks and everything. As I type this, they are outside preparing to go—even though we aren’t leaving for another 15 minutes. They were so thrilled they were going to skip breakfast! But I wouldn’t let them.

It makes me happy that the boys are excited to go to school. It makes it that much easier to do something they have to do. I’m sure as the school year goes on their enthusiasm will wane, but for right now, the new school year is exciting.

For me, it’s almost like Halloween. The thought of having a quiet house to get my work done makes me giddy. Hooray for school!