The beginning of this school year is especially intimidating. Not because the school year with three kids requires extreme organization. I'm lucky to be married to the world's most organized man (see post Behind Every Organized Woman Is a Man Who Remembers to Buy the Paper Towels), so we manage to get most things done with an acceptable level of execution.
This school year is coming too soon because:
- Our summer has been a great one, filled with happy memories, and I'm not ready for it to end.
- We've been enjoying our summer right up until the bitter end, so we're not entirely ready.
- Katie starts soccer this year, so all three kids will be involved in sports or other activities.
- This year will be Andie's sophomore year in high school, and puts her one year closer to graduating and moving out of our house.
Ready or not, though, school starts tomorrow. I'm determined to get as much fun and happiness as possible out of each year, so each weekend of the school year I make a list of things to accomplish. I'm not as focused as JP, so my list often is sprinkled with optional items to keep everyone motivated throughout the weekend. The first list of the year has been compiled and reads as follows:
- Write Suburban Zen post
- Clean house
- Laundry
- Hike Las Trampas
- Pedicure with Katie
- Prep dry cleaning for Monday
- Change date on Rent tickets
- Clean, wash and gas car
- Shop for school clothes with Andie
- Ice cream at The Dairy
Whenever one of the kids wants to do something fun, I say "add it to the list." By the end of the weekend, our list is filled with a funny combination of work and play, and most things are crossed off.
#1 -- check. #2 -- yuck. But if I'm ever going to get to #10...
1 comments:
Hmmmmmm, you have missed one very important item that should be at the top of your list every week. You can see this coming can't you? Number 1- Call mom n dad. Course you did send a text last night, that was nice. How was the Dairy by the way? You skipped right to number 10 didn't you? Passed right by all the others, inverted your list before the ink was dry. Hey, now that I think about it, perhaps calling mom n dad should be right before or immediately following the Dairy visit. I like those odds better.
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