back to sku

next week tuesday is the first day of the new school year...crazy!!!! summer went by pretty quickly, even if it was extended. i'm glad dave and i decided to share a summer school class to earn some extra money...we definitely needed it and switching off every week actually was nice cuz we got to spend some one on one time with the kids while the other was off at work.

i'm still not sure how my time management is going to go with the two kids and school. i think when i went back to work after caleb i was a little bit more apprehensive about it, though. this time i guess i have the experience of knowing that i'll be stressed and tired, but it will all work itself out somehow. my priorities are different, and sometimes i'm going to fail at doing everything i want or need to do. i have to remember to pace myself and keep my number one priority, my family, at the forefront of all decisions i make. i can't take on too much (though i know i inevitably will) and i have to sometimes say no to things i would have said yes to previously because i have two little ones who need my time and attention. i also have to trust that just cuz i'm not doing it, doesn't mean it's not going to be done well. it might be done differently than i would have done it and i just have to live with that. lol. easier said than done, but necessary.

i'm thinking this is generally what a day will look like once we're back in school...
530a - wake up...exercise for 2o minutes (hehe...we'll see if this actually happens)
600a - wake dave up, start putting together our lunch and cups
615a - get ready
700a - leave the house
330p - leave school
4-5 - play
500p - make dinner
600p - eat
7-8 - bocha and play
830p - put kids to bed
after that - plan and grade
no later than 11 - pass out

of course, knowing kids, this is a VERY loose schedule, subject to change based on the whims of caleb and brynna. leaving school at 330 everyday is something i hope we can accomplish...i know that there will be days when we have to stay later, but for the most part, i'm gonna try to stick to this because once i start letting us stay later and later, it's going to throw off our schedule even more and shift my priorities away from my family. plus too, my mom is gonna be so tired with the two kids everyday that she'll need the break by that time!

i'm excited to be back in the classroom but i know it's going to be a big challenge. caleb already loves gramma most (lol) but i think i'll be sad when it's both brynna AND caleb wanting gramma all the time. hehe. my mom will be sad too cuz they won't give her any time alone unless she locks herself in the bedroom. hehe. that's where caleb is right now, actually...with gramma in the bedroom. i'm going to go steal him...