the - school is about to begin - edition
dateline: oakville, ontario, canada @ 10:18pm on 27 august 2014
weather outside: a still 27C - feeling muggy and damp
mood inside: quiet, everyone is settling in for the night
drinking a mug of green tea - trying to soothe my throat
eating the last of the delicious super-crispy chocolate chip cookies
embracing with much reluctance, the reality that while the other house is beautiful and staged for sale, this new home has all of the clutter with no place to put it!
enjoying that my kids are so enthusiastic about everything.
cooking apparently very well. though i continue to be less than enthusiastic, i am proficient. my kids are loving everything i make and i am appreciating that their pallets have matured - finally!
trying to come up with a plan for autumn. there are a lot of moving parts and i want to do so many things!
missing the routine of the school year, but relieved to know it is only a few weeks away.
feeling under the weather. i've been tired as a result of a brutal summer cold that has kept me up all night, every night, coughing non-stop for over a week.
listening the whir of the overhead fan and hum of the washer and dryer.
watching "who do you think you are" with rita wilson finding her roots.
reading the "boys in the boat" in my e-reader. it is so good - but long. when i write my book, this is the way i want to write.
wearing a t-shirt and sweat pants. oh so sexy!
packing cole for school. he's been asked to arrive a bit earlier than planned so we're in full move mode!
planning for the fall term ahead. claire is off to university for her second year, cole for his final year in boarding, chloé is heading back for grade 10 and caden is starting high school. planning for school, voice lessons, volleyball, writing courses and all of it!
stopping to appreciate all that is wonderful in my life and revel in my gratitude for all of the "busy" and full and frantic and fun!
wanting to magically have everything moved and put away and settled.
needing to move more. to sleep more.
wishing for caden to be having a fantastic week away at volleball camp up north with his buddy. i'm happy for him to meet new people and learn new skills.
waiting impatiently for my appointment with the doctor to tell me my test my results. i've never been so frustrated. i'm thinking of just getting all the test results and taking them to medcan. i am done with this nonsense.
thinking i have to figure out how i can do all that i want to do and still write the story i have in my head. and then the story after that. and the one after that.
enjoying knowing i still have stories to write.
paying for more truck repairs. holy smokes. teenagers take their toll!
encouraging an enthusiastic, fully focused and engaged start to the school year.
celebrating the promise of routine a few days away. okay, a week away, but hope is alive!
cultivating a happy household of open communication. now that we're in a bigger place, with more doors and more privacy, i am making sure we have plenty of family time - either at the kitchen table sharing a meal or watching a stupid reality show on tv in the family room.
marveling at how much the kids and i accomplished in such a short period of time. in the course of three months: we bought a house, (partially) moved, put a house on the market, applied and accepted to a prep school, drove to massachusetts - twice, spent holidays in cape cod, had two homes painted, drove to multiple baseball and softball games and practices, camps and cottages and concerts and then the smaller but equally significant events that kept the summer moving along.
anticipating more change, more kindness, more love, more challenge, more frustration, more embracing, more learning, more love.
and tada, a photo from my week:
