Fold My Laundry Please

Why, may I ask, is it so darn hard to adjust to something as simple as a MAJOR CHANGE in your daily routine?  I just can’t understand how school ending and bedtimes adjusting can so totally throw a person off of their groove!  I’ve been moving around like a zombie, half awake, half asleep, barely able to keep track of what day of the week it is, much less get on the computer to blog.  I’ve been trying to at least keep up with my blog reading, but even that’s been sketchy!  I think the transition period is finally over, though.  Phew! 

The details of this drastic transition are as follows.

First came KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION!  

Look at them.  Aren’t they adorable?  My guy is in the back row on the left in the green t-shirt.

"But it was the graduation ceremony!  Why is he only wearing a t-shirt when clearly the other kids are more appropriately dressed for such a milestone?  Have you no class woman?" 

Let me just say this.  When I got the boy dressed that morning, I did remember that he had his kindergarten PROGRAM that afternoon.  So I chose a clean pair of pants and a shirt that would stand out for pictures.  It wasn’t until this moment…

…that I realized that this PROGRAM was actually not a program but in fact was a GRADUATION.  How clueless am I?  I feel I must tell you that I did NOT burst into tears upon this realization.  My eyes may have gotten a tad bit moist.  And a tear or two or forty may have snuck down my cheek.  But I did NOT cry.  DID!  NOT!  Got it? 

And check out the head of hair on this baby that was at the GRADUATION!

Freaky, huh?  It was like he was wearing a wig!

Now that we got that out of the way, on to FIELD DAY!

Field Day was held on the last day of school and possibly the coldest day of summer.  It was cloudy, dark, rainy, and COLD!  48 degrees may feel okay when the sun is shining, but when it’s wet and dark out?  BRRRRRR!  So despite the fact that many of the kids were bundled up in the winter coats that us moms had just gotten around to washing and packing away for the summer but had to pull back out again because can you believe this weather, a good time was had by all.  I think a little splash of color is in order, don’t you?

The parachute was always one of my very favoritest things in elementary school!

And what better way to end the day than to go back inside where it’s nice and warm?

Or we could just hold the GRAND FINALE ASSEMBLY outside on the cold hard cement and eat popsicles.  Whatever.  And see that cute little girl in bright pink with the curly wurly pigtails who seems to be talking to Ethan while he ignores her completely?  I have it on good authority that she is "the most pretty girl in afternoon kindergarten."  Ah, young love.

And, yes, I know I put that picture up already.  But I like it.  So back off. 

"So now that school is over, what have you been doing with all of your ’spare’ time?" 

Well, I’ll tell ya.  It’s mostly been a flurry of doctor visits before our insurance runs out.  But I’ve also tried to fit in some fun stuff.  Like getting the kids signed up for this summer’s reading program at our local library*.  And going to this week’s free movie at our local movie theater*.  I even managed to get some kid-free time and go get my hair cut at my local hair salon*.  

But the biggest thing we’ve done is restructure our evening schedule.  Yes.  Schedule.  Don’t laugh.  So now my iPhone bleeps to tell me when to cook dinner.  And it bleeps to tell us when to eat dinner.  And it bleeps to tell the kids when to go get ready for bed.  And it bleeps to tell us to sit down and read books for bedtime.  And it bleeps to tell us to put the kids in bed.  We are completely dependent on technology.  It’s sad really.  Theoretically, I could remember to do all of these things myself.  In fact, I’ve done it before.   But usually I sit around and procrastinate until I’m tired and cranky myself and bedtime turns into scream-at-and-threaten-the-children time.  The downside to getting the children to bed on time?  They wake up that much earlier.  And I still haven’t fixed my own bed time yet.  (Note to self:  Set alarm on iPhone for Mommy’s bedtime.)  Hence the nearly constant half awake, half asleep, zombie-like state mentioned above.

"That doesn’t really account for all of your time, though.  Surely you could have reached out and said hello to us.  What else is going on, Melissa?"

Erm.  Well.  I’ve also developed a new habit.  An addiciton really.  *sigh*  This is really hard for me to say to you.  Okay.  Here it goes.  I’vebeenwatchingseasonfourofTheOfficetheamericanonenotthebritishoneyesthewholeseason!  Phew!  That was easier than I thought it would be!

Yes.  The Office is my new obsession.  (Don’t worry LOLcats, you’ll always hold a special place in my heart.)  I’d seen clips before and thought they were funny, but I never actually watched the show.  Not having a television will do that.  But now you can watch full episodes online for free!  And that’s all kinds of awesome!

So there you have it.  How I’ve spent the last week and a half in a nutshell.  A really, really long nutshell.  Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got the first and second seasons of The Office on order and I have to go wait on the from porch for the UPS guy to arrive.  He should be here in two or three days.  Ciao!

*Due to rising gas prices ($4.21/gallon for regular!), all summer activities will be confined to local locations.  That is all. 

Now that I’m back, you can start clicking on my Humor-Blogs.com link again!