I am wandering in circles, entering rooms and wondering what I came in for. I have a To Do list longer than my leg. (And though my legs are shorter than the average adult’s, the list is still long. Whatever.) I don’t know where to start, so I’m kinda just flopping around the house, being rather unproductive.

Vacation. We went on vacation, friends of the internets. It was a spur of the moment thing. We just up and took off. And though I like to be all, “Hey, we fly by the seat of our pants! That’s how we roll!”, well, when we fly by the seat of our pants, it makes me all jumbled and ADD-like for the next week. I’d like to think that I’m wild and crazy, but I’m not really. I’m starting to become very much like an old lady, with a strict schedule and routine. And when you mess that up for me, I get all kerjumblenated. (Spell check doesn’t think that’s a word, but I beg to differ… cuz I’m totally feeling it right now.) So yeah, old lady. If I start eating dinner at 4 in the afternoon, come shoot me.

So, what was I saying? Oh, vacation… Right. Photos have been uploaded, and a post is coming shortly… but first I have to put a dent in my To Do list.

But for right now? I leave you with this thought:

I have a 5th grader and a 3rd grader. Again, old lady. How did this happen?

First day of school today. Because in Utah we like to start school in the middle of the summer and call it fall.  It isn’t fall, let’s not kid ourselves. It’s going to be 96 degrees today. That ain’t fall, people.

They picked out their outfits for the first day. When I was a kid, my mom made us wear nearly full-on formal wear the first day of school. We dressed to impress. What we as kids lacked in brains and overall classroom decorum, we totally made up for with tights and clip-on ties. If we would have had enough money to buy a tux for my brother, he would have had to of worn that. Probably with tails.

Me? I don’t think kids need to necessarily look like they are going to prom when they show up for the first day of school. So yeah, they picked out their own clothes. Zoe chose to wear a skirt. The weird thing is, I think if I had a prom dress for Zoe, that’s totally the outfit she would have chosen.

They are so cute. So big. So grown up.

So… mature…

A 5th grader and a 3rd grader… excuse me while I stop wandering in circles long enough to have a total freak out.

Vacation post soon…

(A rather hilarious post-script: it took me three hours after writing this to realize that Zoe isn’t in 3rd grade. She’s in 2nd. Yeah… so what was I saying about my brain not functioning??)

5 Comments »

1. I was totally about to call you and say, “Um, when did Zoe skip a grade?” But then I decided to read to the end before I hit that little green send button, good thing.

   Comment by Aunt Sam — August 20, 2009 @ 4:40 pm

2. Oh, and they look adorable!!! You can tell Zoe I said that but tell Jachin I said he looks awesome…or whatever it is you tell kids nowadays, I can’t be the nerdy aunt you know!

   Comment by Aunt Sam — August 20, 2009 @ 4:42 pm

3. they are so grown up. *sigh*
   xoxo

   Comment by jenica — August 20, 2009 @ 9:44 pm

4. Super cuteness.

   And I’m with you on the vacation-induced ADD nuttiness; I’m currently at a stupid standstill and my school year starts Thursday (teacher meetings).

   Comment by stephanie (bad mom) — August 24, 2009 @ 1:10 pm

5. vacation does that to me too, I call it recover-cation. well not really, I just made that up. But it sums up how I am after a vacation for sure. It took an entire week for me to get my groove back. Though my “groove” isn’t quite what it once was…
   Anyway, welcome to the nuthouse, I’ve been waiting for some friends to arrive!
   *smooch!*

   Comment by Nerak — August 25, 2009 @ 4:18 pm

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