MY DAUGHTER GOES BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY!!!!
After 12ish (maybe 13) weeks of summer vacation, the school year is upon us. I love my daughter but thank god for school. I need a break from her. She needs a break from me. We need the routine of school. Everyone will be happier.
However, it’s important that we take the time to remember the summer that was. In vague statistics because math is terrible but it’s also the easiest way to break it down. The struggle is real, y’all.
So. The Summer of 2016. In numbers. And in no particular order.
Concerts attended–3. Well, this is sort of cheating because the last one is this Sunday.
Water parks visited–2. Not by me but by the child.
Beach trips–3. I love you, Cape Henlopen State Park
Baseball games attended-3. One minor league, one major league, one in a league not related to MLB (Long Island Ducks. They play in what appears to be a made up league).
Wineries visited–1. Glasses of wine consumed? Lost count.
Tubing trips–1. Never again. One is enough.
Sleepovers and playdates with friends–47? Around that.
TV Shows watched (by me)–4. Mr. Robot, The Night Of, Ray Donovan (binge), Stranger Things (binge)
TV Shows watched (by her)–Not really sure because I won’t let her watch TV with me anymore because fuck you, Teen Nick.
Books read: 21 (by me). 6 (by her).
Mosquito bites obtained–I can’t count that high.
S’mores consumed–I can’t count that high.
Things we didn’t get to do: Hershey Park, Adventure Aquarium, seeing the DC monuments and the Smithsonian, visiting Steph’s beach house. Thankfully there’s still the fall and we’ll be able to do all of this stuff then.
I feel like we really didn’t do a whole lot but I know we did more than what I listed here. Going to the movies, paint your own ceramics, visiting my parents and my in-laws, my husband’s and my trip to Phoenix, cheerleading stuff…I definitely don’t feel like we flittered the summer away but maybe also we did a bit because SO MUCH RAIN. Rain does not make me want to do things.
Awesome summer for you. Lol on the wine and s’mores count. I get my Lola Jean the beauty queen back today since her parents are teachers. Glad the summer weather is sticking around.
Best wishes to all for a perfect school year.
Love. Steph’s. Momma
We need to get a weekend together at the shore! If not in the fall then in the spring.
Also I like this post idea and might steal it and link back to you. I will not get my shit together any time soon so I will do it probably closer to calendar summer end.
Sounds like you guys had a fun summer!!!! I have zero desire to ever go tubing. No thanks! Haha. Hopefully you will get to visit Steph’s beach house and do a few other fun things this fall. You know, when the weather is so much better!!!
we start school next week and i’m not looking fwd to making lunches for the next 10 months. i’m also not looking fwd to the homework fights when she doesn’t want to do it, i dont want to do it but i have to pretend that it’s not bullshit and lots of fun 🙁
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It sounds like y’all had such a great summer, but I have a feeling that I’d probably be waiting for school to start back up too! I love the fact that the number of glasses of wine consumed at the winery was too many to count. That means that you did it the right way!
To me, it seems like your summer was full of enjoyment. That’s what it should be (especially when a kiddo is involved).
After Steph’s tubing experience, I told her that as a kid, my family vacays often included tubing, and I thought they were awesome. As an early 20year old, I went tubing several times, and I thought those times were awesome too, but they involved a lot of alcoholic beverages. Drunkeness and youth have painted fond memories. I think I’ll leave my tubing experiences to that.
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