OK I'll admit that I kept putting off start of school preparations and am paying for it now. In my defense though, This summer has been so hectic that I am just now feeling that I have a handle on things. Of course I do have a handle on June , July , and August, but that isn't doing me much good in September.
Today is the first day of school for the boys and though I did buy school clothes when I seen them in sale throughout the summer as well as picked up a couple more shirts at Cedar Point on Sunday. I also remembered to take them to buy shoes last week when we picked up new underwear and socks, but that is about the extent of my readiness. Thankfully I am a school supply pack rat so I have the basics and plan to run out tonight to get whatever they find that they need that we may not have.
All in all I think we have it all covered, except of course for the forms that I remembered to sign this morning but can't remember where I laid them for safe keeping. If there is one thing that I have learnt through the years , it is that time will not wait for me so In about an hour and a half, the boys will get up, get ready , and go. They will come home with a list, and I will take care of that then. As for now. I will breath in..... Breathe out.... and pray that God, St. Anthony, and St. Jude ( yes I acknowledge that I am a hopeless cause ), and all of the Saints and angels help me find those forms.
Update
I still did not find the forms yet and the boys have both boarded their busses and are gone. Michael, whose forms are missing, couldn't have cared less when I informed him of the situation. With a shrug and and a sigh that nothing bad ( such as his karate school closing or any other unthinkable thing )happened, he just commented that he was sure that they would give him another copy or use last years. I wish I had his kind of calmness but then again, if I did can you imagine the disorder ?