I have a reputation to uphold.

it's back to school eve eve eve

meaning on Wednesday i get to shove the herd out the door and send them packing, to school

and savor the silence.

ok not really silence so much as near solitude. (i say near because Pierce doesn't start until Thursday but he doesn't talk much so it's close enough)

and that my friends, is worth celebrating!

except for all of my whining about how hard and loud and long the summer has been .

every day a test of my patience,

I'm now suddenly stressing over the whole back to school fiasco.

it's mostly self inflicted stress.

like I NEED TO MAKE

• HAIR BOWS!

• flower clips.
  

• necklaces.
  

• blingtastic backpacks

i feel compelled to do these things, because i have a reputation to uphold.

a reputation that includes perfectly accessorized girls.

sure the boys skate by with unkempt hair and un-brushed teeth,

but the GIRLS? they must always be well groomed and accessorized.

and I've been putting off the inevitable. and now, I'm frozen in terror of not being ready.

the pathetic part is... i could have done these things anytime. days ago. MONTHS AGO.

but no, i put it off to the last 3 days. and now i'm feeling the pressure. and it's my own dang fault.

where is the logic there?

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Also. the whole sleep schedule, is NOT under control.

i attempted re-training everyone to a decent bedtime, and wake up time. last week, and the week before. and really didn't want anyone to stray from the normal school year schedule. but i have a family of night owls. and they like to stay up late and then sleep in and honestly i like to do that too.

so seriously it seemed like punishment for me. to remain on a school year schedule all summer, or get up early myself so i can retrain these people to get up early.

so it was a half hearted effort. i even resorted to passing out melatonin hoping that would do the job and so far, it hasn't helped AT ALL.

maybe I'm doing it wrong.

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i need to suck it up and just start on all of the things bugging me.

i need to quit wasting time redoing my topper and going back to my beloved roses. (i will now that it's done again. hee hee) and GET IT DONE .

I have to just start those things niggling at the back of my brain, making me feel unprepared and anxious.

i'll get right on that.....

after i confess something I'd had in that last post but deleted because it didn't really go with it,

so now, in the interest of full disclosure, i confess that...last night, at 11:30 pm, we, (the hubs and I) took the little devil, Pierce to walmart with us, in the middle of the night, shoe-less. THEN we let him walk around.

yes . we have become those people.

he was fully clothed minus shoes.

but i found it funny people mentioned "those people" and i'd just deleted that snippet out of the post.

it did go apparently. and it was a helluva day. let me tell you.

WHITE TRASH? perhaps. but perfectly accessorized white trash thankyouverymuch!

(and it wasn't me having that grand idea of taking the wide awake kid along. i would have happily left him home with the kids that were up playing video games until 2 am.)

well it's 1:30 i think i'll go tackle a couple craft projects.

when i'm done maybe i'll take pics. i know you love my crafty fabulousness.

questions for Today!?!

• did you spot my "bouquet of sharpened pencils" in the topper? can you name the movie that line is from?

• do you have a reputation? what is it? do you like it and try to keep up with it, or wish you didn't have one at all?

• what time do you make your kids go to bed and wake up during the school year?

Happy first day of school wishes to those starting today! enjoy your freedom and think of me scrambling to get my last minute crud done.


i'll be celebrating soon enough on Wednesday.



Happy Monday!

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