School Starting!

[Marie Pugh]

OK - my oldest daughter starts kindergarten this fall, and my youngest goes to nursery school. I don't know who is more anxious about everything - me or them!

I have been waiting for the day when I could have a few minutes to myself - but now that that day is fast approaching, I don't know if I am really happy or not! I know that I likely will be once I get used to it - but man! The thought of that first day when they both go to school on the same morning - almost breaks my heart!!

Am I normal do you think - or maybe I need some kind of therapy?!?!

[Cindy]

You're normal. My son starts next year, and there was a Labor Day picnic at the park across the street from the school he'll be going to. He's already talking about "his" school and how he can't wait to meet the teachers and make new friends... and it's 11 months away. It was so great to see him excited, and I am too (I'll be able to get more done!) but it was heartbreaking, too.

[Sandi Valentine]

Therapy. Chocolate therapy....mmmmm

You'll be fine. Think of all those hours of free time to work on your business! We plan to homeschool, so I don't even have the "going to preschool light at the end of the tunnel"...enjoy it, and I'll live vicariously through you.

[Marie Pugh]

OK - I made it through.....what an awful week it has been for me!

I couldn't sleep the night before Morgan started Kindergarten - I spent all night laying in bed wondering if I have spent enough time doing things with her, have I maybe been too involved in other things - did I do a good enough job of helping her become a good person.....ALL NIGHT! You would have thought she was going off to college, but I just felt like I was losing something - weird, I know.

Anyway - we were walking to the van on our way to drop her off, and she looks at me and says, "Mom, just try not to cry in front of me OK? You might make me cry!" I almost started right there!

She walked in and I knew she was so nervous - but she hugged me and went off with her friend to sit down. Not a tear! (I however left the school blubbering like a baby!!) She told me she felt like crying, but she just held it in.

Then, Amy went off to nursery school the next day - and I tell ya! What little composure and tiny bit of heart I still had intact completely broke! She couldn't wait to get in there - and I don't even think she saw me leaving!

Oh, I hope it gets easier!!!