So long, summer

Posted on | August 20, 2006 7 Comments | e-mail | print

Here we are, in the last few hours of the last day of summer vacation. Tomorrow, Iain goes back to work and Owen goes back to day care. I’m kind of having a hard time with this.

Mostly, I’m trying not to freak out about Owen going to the toddler room. He’ll be one of the youngest kids in there, first of all. And yeah, he’s smart, but he’s a little small for his age — 25th percentile — and he’ll be the new kid all over again. And the teachers he’s known for a year and a half are staying behind in the infant room. And if I remember correctly the toddler-room teacher is, ah, less than impressive in the IQ department. And he’s going to be there all day, and I’m not, and he’s going to be hurt that I just up and left him with those manic two-foot-tall people who bite.

I could really get used to Iain being a stay-at-home dad. I really could. And I know it’s going to be good for us to have that second paycheck coming in again, and I know it’s going to be good for Owen to have those children to play with and learn from again …

But honestly, I just don’t wanna. Don’t want to bring him back to school, don’t want to deal.

I suppose, judging by my alarming appetite for chocolate-covered pretzels today, that this is merely the PMS talking. But even if you scrape off the hormonal-crazy layer, there’s that pervasive mother-guilt layer, and that one’s pretty thick and unscrape-offable.

Sigh. Guilt-ridden PMS mama coming through, watch out, guard your blogs and lock up your Tostitos.

Also — I’m kind of coming to terms with the fact that it might be months before I write that linktastic Blogher post I promised. Let’s all agree it might take awhile, OK? Then the pressure will be off and I’ll feel OK to post regularly again.

Also p.s. — The bedroom redecoration project is done, thank fucking Christ. I ran out of creative steam yesterday, just in time to fluff the last pillow. The downside is that I no longer feel like taking pictures. Or even talking, really. I’m spent. And don’t forget pissy and premenstrual.

p.p.s. Owen said his first sentence Friday: “Bye-bye, bird.” Did you check that shit? A comma! Clauses and everything. Told you he was smart.

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