September...

What a wonderful summer.  We truly relaxed and recharged.  I got organized.  I was on top of things down the stretch.  We were ready for the new school year to begin.  Last week at this time, I was feeling like a mom who was in the zone.  I had a clean, tidy house; laundry was caught up including new clothes and sneakers laid out for the first day of school; fridge was ready for a week of lunch making.  I felt good.

But, it only took 4 days of our new routine to completely turn me upside down again.  ;-) 

Tuesday morning, first day of school for the boys, first day back to work for me, and Mark is off on a week long business trip to Boston.  We wake up to find the refrigerator is not running.  4 days later...4 days filled with errands, preschool prep, back to school forms, baseball practices, soccer practice, gym workouts, electrician and appliance repair service calls, homework, meals and birthday party prep...and I am all out of sorts again.  The house is a mess, laundry is piling up, and the fridge is empty (but blissfully running).   

Ah, September...I used to love you so much.  But, September with the kids activities and my part time job is not as easy to love.  I'll have to content myself with daydreams of Septembers on the Cape when Andrew was a baby.  Life was good. 

You know, life is still good, very good...just hectic.  I know the dust will settle this week or maybe next week, or the week after that ;-).  I know it will.  It always does.  And I will be glad.

Til' then I will enjoy the smile on Jay's face looking at the birthday cake I made for his party, the joy and excitement in his heart planning the obstacle course for his "American Ninja Warrior" birthday party, the excitement in Andrew as he enters a new season of baseball, and the blessings of Mark's job and the opportunities it brings for him.  I will take it all in stride and breathe in the cooler air signaling my favorite season is near.  I think I could fall for September again.