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Aug

31st

New School Year – Fresh New Start

Category: Kids & Parenting, Life & Family, Mama Kelly's Musings | Written by Mama Kelly

I truly cannot believe that the summer is mainly behind us. Where did the weeks go?

Unlike a couple of years ago when we took our first real family vacation and traveled to Vermont we lacked not only the money to afford a trip this year, but also lacked the money to afford my taking a week off without pay (and then paying for my insurance deductible out of pocket as well).

I had hoped to do more in the way of day trips. I had hoped to maybe do a weekend trip somewhere. But time and money seemed to constantly be lacking.

I had planned to start going to the library twice a month and had had every intention of getting the girls into separate rooms. What can I say, the spirit was willing but the flesh was oh so very weak.

So what did we do?

Princess Nibbles spent 7 weeks at the township run day camp. She had fun overall, but there were a lot of bored days.

Miss Artistic started out with a job, one from which she was fired 2 weeks to the day of starting. In part this was because she wasn’t really ready to have a job, but mostly this was due to her working for MY employer which didn’t do much in the way of training, anything in the way of coaching, and even less in the way of giving her a fair shake.

The kids kept up with their Taekwondo, earning their high green belts in late June and their Blue belts 2 months later. Miss Artistic did her summer reading and the related project.

There were sleep-overs and movie nights, but nothing exciting.

But, I am not going to focus on my disappointment.

I am going to look instead at the blessing of the new school year and the fresh start that it represents. I am working on finding the good in my new position at work and hoping (still) for other things to fall into place as well.

I am going to resume working on getting the girls into separate rooms (at this point just waiting for cooler weather).

I am going to find time, somewhere in my schedule, to write. Not just here on the blog but for myself .. for goals I have and hope to see come to fruition.

I am going to keep a promise to Gamer Dude and go to my doctor(s), catch up on my preventative care, address some concerns, and take better care of myself.

I am going to try very hard to light a fire in my soul and live the life I want to live as much as possible each and every day.

Blessings

Mama Kelly