Back To School

Tomorrow is the first day of school and I am in a complete tizzy.

I got the worst math teacher, my program sucks and I don't know anyone who is in my classes.

I have been going to sleep after midnight and waking up at noon all summer and am panicked about falling asleep tonight at a time that will have me fully functional at 7 a.m.

My mother wants me to wear the new wool fall outfit she bought me for school and it is supposed to be 97 degrees.

Oh, and did I mention the outfit goes with the hideous "school shoes" my sister suggested I buy? Good thing they are "multi-colored" platforms and "go with everything." I should get lots of wear out of them.

What am I to do?

For starters, perhaps I can "snap out of it!"....and remember that I am not 13 and it's not 1978 (thankfully). I don't have to sneak-read Judy Blume's "Forever." I am as old as dirt and it is my children who are in their rooms dealing with their own "stuff" about the start of a new school year.

Right?

I'm not so sure...

I know that I am an adult who works and has a career and that I will not be going to school tomorrow.....but the summer will always feel more "free" to me than any other season...less routine, less tense. The season when "school's out" is my "fave" and "back to school" time marks it's end.

Hmmmm....maybe I'm the one dealing with "stuff" and there's a reason those kids are hiding in their rooms.....

May all your students have a great start to the new school year!!