Labor Day

My plans for Labor Day were to go to a bbq, then come home and prepare for school. The girls were starting school the next day. The baby’s first day of school ever. Jory was going to start his first day of homeschooling. I needed to get everyone clothes’ up and ironed so we could be ready to go Tuesday morning.

Instead it all went to pot. I had errands to run for my mom for the house. Vandy came over to help my mom finish Jory’s room, after she and I spent the morning moving things around in his room.

I needed to read the first lesson in Math-U-See and watch the video before I showed it to Jory. I still hadn’t put my notebook back together after photocopying some pages. I needed to get myself organized and now I had to drop Vandy back off at home. IT was hotter than a bangee outside so I had to go blow up the pool and Rowan was acting like she had no common sense by playing in the Vaseline. This day was not turning out like I imagined.

I threw on a dress, dropped Vandy off, and came back home to get the family. I decided to take Jory’s books with me. I could read and prepare while he and his sisters played in the pool. I dropped everyone off at Aunt Linda’s house, while I went to the local gas station. Yiippee, the air was free! I pumped the pool, life was good. I pumped the sun cover, but I felt one part could be pumped some more. I pumped it some more and then it exploded. I guess it had enough air in it.

I shoved the pool and cover in the back, left the back of the minivan up so I wouldn’t burst anything else. I successfully and slowly drove back and was only a block away, when my phone rang. It was my mom, asking me to stop at the store to buy some drinks for the kids. Yeah, my mind is racing with all the things I’m not doing as the clock is ticking away. I asked, if my kids were the only kids present. My mother confirmed they were and I decided they could share a watered down soda. No going to the store necessary. I parked took out the swimming pool where Vandy promptly filled it with water, while the kids eagerly took off their shirts and shorts so they could get into the pool.

I unwrapped Math-U-See and that was all the school work that I got done. I helped my aunt, moved chairs around, fed the kids, tried to eat myself until I just gave up, then there was a family meeting, my mom had errands to run when we finally did leave, so by the time we got home it was dark. And it was then that I knew, Jory would not be starting school the week of Labor Day. It would have to be the following week. And I also knew that it would be a week where I would be ironing every morning. Gotta love those weeks and what a great way to start the school year.