It's Just Another Manic Saturday?!

Funny... I'm sitting here, well into the third week of school the song School's Out For Summer! is on repeat in my mind.

Hmmm...Maybe the rigor of our back-to-school schedule is finally making an imprint on my brain.
Could the run around- and around- and around be pushing me to a new level?
Sanity.
Clarity.
--or breaking point? You decide.
Am I that much closer to teacher-mommy madness?!
OR
Maybe...
Just maybe...
I now have the third eye that only the wise possess.
Weekends are more desirable.
...much more special.
CRAVED
WANTED
Can I use the word LUSTED?
"I lusted for the weekend..."
Ewwww!
Naahhh...but you get it.

My brain knows that once Thursday hits, Friday is that much closer and the well wished for weekend isn't far from it.

Here we go.
"I long for the weekend."
"I crave the comforts of my cushy couch, fuzzy pj's and hugs from my guy and sweet daughters."
"During the school year weekends are precious."

Back to school messes really stink.

When the first week of school was behind us and my family and I began adjusting to all that was new...
...new nanny.
...new teachers.
...new students.
...new supplies to buy.
...new sneakers to tie and break in.
...new afterschool activities to join.
...new bedtime rituals.
...and the forgotten, but remembered longing for Daddy time.
WE LOOKED FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND.
BUT IN A FLASK IT WAS GONE.
Did I say flask?! I meant flash!

Saturday is now a continuation of the craziness.
It has been dubbed ERRAND DAY.
How did we let this happen?!
STUFF has gotten in the way of living life...
Oh, wait...It's part of life.

SPORTS.
DRY CLEANING.
GROCERY STORES.
CHEERLEADING.
YARD WORK.
CLEANING.
SLEEP OVERS.
PLAY DATES.

WOOOOOSH!!!!! Who stole my day?

I attempted to clean out my supply closet and it tried to eat me!!

SATURDAYS need an overhaul.

Weekends of the future should consist of:
SUNDAY 1 and SUNDAY 2
...turning Friday into an errand morning + end of the work week combo package.

Wouldn't this be lovely?
It's an election year.
QUICK!
Someone pass this on to the politician that you wish to hold office.

If you are a politician.
PAY ATTENTION!
Parents of two or more children across the country will vote you in!
Easy peezy...one two...threezy.

You can sound like a buffoon during the rest of your speech/campaign/debates as long as you make this magical, mystical promise.

My girls love indoor roller derby. A favorite Friday night special.

Longer weekends = A Content Country
This may sound corny, but stay with me...
= less stress on families who "juggle"
= less stress on children, allowing them time to be children and do homework and play sports
= kids who are more willing to learn in the classroom
= a nation of learners
= a productive/balanced future generation
= our nation on the up swing.
...followed by a decrease in the divorce rate.
...followed by a decrease in the need for divorce attorneys.
...followed by less parents having to juggle and fewer kids being shifted from home to home over the weekend...which, again = less stress all around!!
--The "folloewd by's" are me running on another of my tangents and a bit of wishful thinking.
But, hey. You get it.

Think of your own "followed by." Join in the Destruction of Errand Day fun!

Hell, Maybe I should run for office.
That was a cinch!

INSANITY?
NO.
CLARITY.

Grace created this after the first day of school. She even added lighting! Magic lives on beyond Summer.