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It's the Most Wonderful Time Of the Year!

You know that TV commercial for some office supply store where parents go dancing through the aisles gleefully throwing school supplies into their shopping cart, dragging their manically depressed children after them, while that popular Christmas song plays in the background?

That day is today. And just like the season the commercial compares "Back To School" season to, this morning was not without a certain angst.

We suggested last evening the boys see if their old school binders were still in good enough shape to use at least for the first week. We got a list of needed supplies from Lloyd (a bit late I might add, since we were away all weekend and the stores were closed yesterday, being a statutory holiday and all...) We dug out the cache of supplies we bought last year which were never used, and promised to buy the rest of the items today.

Derwood was asked to clean out his school backpack as he had been using it all summer to carry around a crusty beach towel, a mildewed bathing suit and god knows what else - sticks, rocks, dead animals? consequently there are now two Gundam Wing DVD's and a water pistol (pardon me, "Ninja Launcher") lying on top of the dishwasher. I also asked him last evening to look for his binder and was told it was "in his room". Somewhere. This morning he produces it, pronounces it to be in good shape and finds it full of last year's work. This, at 10 minutes to eight, he proceeds to go through page by page to see if there is anything he wants to keep. I finally tell him, before he's late, "take it all out, put it somewhere safe in your room and look through it later." I know he will never look at it again: I mean, really, did YOU ever keep or look at your old school work after the year was over?

So, summer's over, (almost - we have one more camping trip lined up in two week's time) and it was a pretty good one. Redman and I managed to get in a trip to Windsor to see my Dad, a long weekend camping in August, we spent this past weekend on my brother-in-law's boat (it was cold and rainy though) and my other brother-in-law's trailer, and somehow squeezed in a day at The EX. The weather, except for this past week, has been excellent. I took a few Friday afternoons off also, so I can't complain.

I was so looking forward to having the house empty again, but guess what? Redman is off work now for a few weeks (seasonal layoff.) Ah well, at least the house will get clean now.

Filed under Parenting, Sep 5, 2006
 

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