We came home from a fantastic week in Destin on Saturday. Not only was it fantastic, it was one of our best. Well, one of our best with the kids. I still sort of remember, because my memory is for shit now, how much fun we had when we went before we had kids and we stayed up late and slept in and only thought about ourselves. Now that was a great vacation.
But alas, now we have children and the focus isn't on us anymore. Or not as much as we'd like anyway. The guys still find time to get away and golf and the ladies go to the spa and shopping so it's not totally about the kids. This year was amazing because my kids were so independent. Amanda was a champ in the pool and I didn't even have to get in with her most of the time. She swam all over the place like a demon and there was only one time she looked like she needed help and that's when she was upset and crying about a game they were playing not because she was about to drown. She LOVED the pool and would ask to go in everyday and would have rather spent the whole week in the pool instead of going to the beach but we made them do that several days as well. They would go to the beach and then come back to the pool and they were all so tired every night it was wonderful. This was the first year that I can remember that Charlie wasn't upset as we drove to the airport that he didn't get to do everything he wanted to do. This year we attacked our schedule and made the best of every single day and played tennis more than once (unheard of) and even sent the adults without the kids so they could play real tennis (even more unheard of) that by Thursday we couldn't think of anything we still "had to do". It was awesome.
Saturday we got up and took a short flight from Pensacola to Houston and then got on another short flight from Houston to Denver and were supposed to be home by 3p. But that second short flight turned into a very long flight when we had to circle Denver for an hour or so and then got diverted to Colorado Springs and spend 2+ hours on the ground due to a ground stop (where they won't let any planes take off or land) in Denver that was a result of concerns about wind sheer. So instead of landing in Denver at 3p we landed at 9p. We discussed getting off the plane and renting a car and driving home and figuring out our luggage later, except that our car seats were under the plane. Foiled again. Did I mention that was Amanda's 5th birthday and according to her the "worst birthday ever". I think she'll forget about it when we go on her birthday trip to Disney World in a few weeks.
Sunday was spent making up for Amanda's missed birthday, trying to shake off the traveling funk from the day before and unpacking and doing a tiny bit of laundry. Of course now it's Tuesday and it still looks like we are unpacking by the back door.
Monday started with a bang as it was meet the teacher for Andy and Sarah and Andy's first day of math at the middle school. He's been doing advanced math since third grade and it finally caught up with him where his school can't offer the grade level of math he needs so he gets up butt early and takes the bus to the middle school for math and then we have to drive him back to the elementary school for his regular school day. The middle school started on Monday but the elementary school doesn't start until tomorrow so for the past two days he's woken up to go to math and then come home. Weird, but a nice way to ease back into school.
Today was Amanda's first day of her English preschool, the Spanish preschool doesn't start until after Labor Day, and tonight was Andy's 6th grade orientation. All that to say the last couple of days have been a whirlwind of activity and meetings and getting ready for school. Thankfully tomorrow they actually get to go and our scheduled life of predictability will return. It may not sound good to you, but it sounds like heaven to me. I even volunteered to help out at school again this year even though last year almost drove me over the edge. I like to help, but it really cramps my style.
So that's it, our summer is over. It was great, I only had those two days at the very end where I thought I might have to commit myself and otherwise it was thoroughly enjoyable. Okay, not thoroughly, but manageable. Let's see where this next school year takes us!
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