I cannot wait for school to start. I am sure alot of parents say that. But I mean it…and mine are only in preschool. Summer is too chaotic. Summer camp here, tutoring there, summer school with busing here, summer school without busing there. Playdates, requests to go to the pool, feeling guilty for not wanting to supervise backyard play because its too hot. The list goes on and on. Summer! Blah! I am barely keeping my head above water.

When school starts in the Fall, things will return to normal…predictable normal…quiet normal. Yes, I know the baby will be born in October and that will stir the pot, but at least that is just one kid. I will know where the other 2 are M-F every afternoon. And those magic buses will come and get them! Oh how I love those buses! Sure, its nerve-wracking to put a 4 yr old on a bus and I am a slave to the clock, often waiting on the porch so I do not miss the “beep, beep” when they return 2 hours later. But at least the buses do part of the work for me. And I can do my “work” ( I am employed, by the way) while they are gone.

Predictability! I see your return coming! I see it in every $.17 bottle of glue at Walmart and BOGO half-off gym shoe sale at Kohl’s. Welcome! Welcome!