The Smell of Fall is in the Air

Take a deep breath in and tell me what you smell. I know what I smell... SCHOOL! In just a few short days all will be right in the world, or at least in my little world. We've purchased the new supplies, shoes, and attire and I'm quite posed and ready for my sanity to return. Yea, yea, I really only expect half of my sanity to return, as I'm not an unrealistic optimist or just plain delusional.

Although the warm weather continues to permiate throughout, one can sense the arrival of fall soon to come. Like the aniticpation of an expected vacation, however, the days just prior can seem to take forever to pass. I just cannot wait for the blessed ariival of the lovely gold colored bus that will take my energetic eight year old away for 7 hours of sheer bliss. Unfortunately not even the start of soccer could make the time go by any faster. But, I hung on knowing I was ever close to that elusive finish line.

My patience had paid off. I was now Labor Day weekend and we had some fun things planned. The three of us plus the dog ventured to my mom's house for a family reunion camp out in their backyard. Everything started out great with nice weather, the kids having fun on the homemade slip-n-slide and all the dogs were playing so nicely with each other in the open space. It wasn't until dinner when it all started to go wrong, as it likely does for us.

During the dinner feast, Lani had got a hold of some chicken bones which is not good for dogs, therefore Matt ended up having to take her to our emergency vet located about an hour and a half's drive away. Matt didn't return that night, leaving Colin and myself to camp for ourselves and leaving me to get no sleep what so ever. First it was the neighborhood dogs howling unitl 1am, then my step-brother-n-law's massive snore fest throughout the night and then finally the roosters crowing at 4am. At roughly 5am I went into the house to sleep on the couch, but my mother had awoken by that time thus my day had officially begun. I cannot seem to buy a break.

Much to my relief, we were only staying one night, so I knew that I'd be getting caught up on my sleep Sunday night. The last 24 hours of the long weekend were much more restful and low key. With every passing hour I was getting closer and closer to my goal. Then finally... it was officially a school night.