First day of school, September 6....yeah right. The kids did go off to school that day, but the high school only has students go for a half day on the first day....they were home by 11 am. Of course, I had much anticipation for day two. A full day of the house to myself. It didn't happen ! Cringing at the sound of the phone ringing at 5:20 am, I knew what I was about to hear. "This is Superintendent of Schools, Thomas Seidenberger. The East Penn School District will be CLOSED today." Noooooo, it can't be so. Is the rain really causing that much of a problem? Flooded roads....really? Sigh...... Ok, so let's get through this day and tomorrow....nope, didn't happen the next day either. That same annoying ring at 5:30am giving the same disappointing message.
Remnants of what was now Tropical Storm Lee were still dumping inches and inches of rain on our already saturated land. Is there such a thing as a "stop-the-rain dance"? If I knew there was, I would have for sure been out on my front lawn doing the moves.
Don't get me wrong, I love my children, very much. But this summer has been a loooong one. Even the kids were excited to get back to school and back into a "normal" routine.
Aaaaahhhh, official day 2 of school and the first full day has finally happened. I don't think I have ever seen so much enthusiasm to get up at 5:30 am to go to school. In fact, I didn't have to wake Rachel !! She actually woke me just before 6am and said "Mom, do you know what time it is?" Hey that's my line !
Is this a sign of good things to come this school year ? Let's hope the motivation keeps rolling right along. I could get used to this. 180 school days until summer vacation.
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