What I'll Miss About Summer

The kids go back to school on Monday. I have mixed feelings. You know – sad, depressed, wishing summer would last a little longer. There are just so many things that we didn’t get to do yet this summer and so many things that I will miss about what we did get to do this summer –

• I will miss Little Miss Mia sleeping on the love seat at 4AM while I work.
• I will miss longs walks with Emmie & Mia that eventually end at the Dollar Tree for a snack.
• I will miss having my almost teenage BFF here all day long. Emmie has grown into quite the young woman this last year! The two weeks that I worked my enrollment job this summer, she not only babysit and kept the house in order-ish, but she would actually walk me out to my car holding my lunch and laptop bag in the mornings. It was like I had my very own wife.
• I will miss weekday visits to Hershey Park and Sweet Frog.
• I will miss weekday sleep overs.
• I will miss the constant laugher and dramatic behavior that happens each summer at the Webb Zoo.
• I will miss the almost all day long cheer practices in my living room.
• I will miss the endless chatter all day long. (Okay, maybe I won’t miss that quite as much as the rest!)

But I will miss having my girls at home. A LOT – almost enough to consider Cyber School. Almost.

But you know, fall always brings its own list of things to look forward to –

Football Games, Cheer Competitions, Hoodies, Bonfires, Farmer’s Market trips for Pumpkins, Trick or Treat Night and this year the start of Revolution Church.

So this week, I will do my best to embrace the last few days of summer while trying desperately to get all the work done that needs to be done. And on Monday, I will dry my tears and strive to move gracefully into this new season.

Wish me luck!