It's the final countdown

So, we're 2 weeks away from the first day of school.  What the what happened to our summer??  Remember when I had all these big ideas for the Hap Hap Happiest Summer.  Ever?  Yeeeaahh... next time I promise something idiotic like that, I'll have to check the summer weather forecast.  While we've had some superfun days, with the rain and cooler temperatures, it hasn't been the summer of our dreams. 

But, what's done is done.  And now we have to switch gears and get into back-to-school mode.  We'll still play hard, but we'll have to work hard, too.  Remember when the principal said our kids get stupid over summer?  Well, I'm not letting that happen, nosiree.  I've been playing on Pinterest researching ideas to get the kids back to thinking.  Math games!  Writing prompts!  Science scavenger hunts! 

I?  Am awesome.

And?  Someday, they'll thank me.  Right now?  Notsomuch.

I'll admit I am secretly looking forward to the kids going back to school.  With the 5-year-old starting Kindergarten (all-day!), I'll have several hours to myself during the day for the first time in 9 years.  I won't even know what to do with all this free time.

I can do any and all of the following:

1.  Run.  Every.  Single.  Morning. 
2.  Write a blog post daily.
3.  Clean behind the refrigerator and stove.
4.  Rearrange my sock drawer according to color and use.
5.  Read an entire book in a day.
6.  Get a haircut.  And color!
7.  Make a delicious, well-balanced meal, using nothing processed or packaged.

What I most likely will do:

1.  Watch all 5 of the Twilight movies in a day.
2.  Rush around, tidying up the house, removing all traces of the snacks I've eaten over the course of the day.
3.  Shower.
4.  Make pasta for dinner.  With a bag of carrots as a vegetable.
5.  After helping with homework and putting the children to bed, complain about how tired I am.

It's going to be great!