Another Friday Quick Take

1. I cannot believe how fast the month of August is flying by-between appointments, sick kids, girls weekends, working and playing...next week is September already and that means that Katey is going start school-4k has been looming in our minds for weeks now and it is actually almost here. I am not sure if I am nervous or sad or a mixture of both...mostly both.
2. 4k. Katey met her teachers this week, they came to our house for a home visit-this was both totally awesome and very odd all at the same time! But the good news is that Katey really seemed comfortable with Ms. Traci and Ms. Melinda and that will hopefully make her first few days a little bit easier. I am struggling with her bus ride more than anything else right now; images of her with her little backpack sitting quietly and trying not to cry...I hope that only lasts a short time and she will be able to find friends to talk with and look forward to her bus rides every day.
3. 4k. I can't wrap my brain around it; when she get to be such a big girl?
4. 4k. When I was thinking about starting a family and then eventually pregnant I dreamed about what life would be like with a baby or a toddler...I never imagined life with a 4 year old or school aged child...it seems surreal.
5. I can't think about 4k anymore because it is making me sad. I can't be sad and I really can't be sad around Katey because I know it will just make her anxious and worry about things that she can't control.
6. Last weekend I was lucky to spend an entire weekend at a cabin with four women who are an absolute blast! We laughed and acted silly and had no responsibilities for two days; it honestly took me a bit to adjust to that-I had anxiety about having nothing to do, no one to care for or worry about...it was unnerving! Luckily we had plenty of cocktails to take the edge off and before I knew it I was swimming in the river and laughing about everything and anything. The cabin was our little private world and I didn't have a care in the world...except maybe whether or not I was going to get that last piece of cheese before hitting the dance floor again! The cabin dance floor that is...:)
7. I am excited to save this and go home to my kids-TGIF.