The 7-Day, How-Is-It-Time-For-This-Already, Back-to-School Challenge 2017

One thing you must know about me is this: I. Love. School.

So I’ve been dreaming of this moment my whole life. Actively preparing for at least five and a half years. This year, my daughter starts kindergarten.

She did Pre-K last year, and that felt pretty real. But it was still a “practice year.” (One day toward the end of the year, my parents were visiting. A run-in with a possum in the dog food container made us late for school that morning, and my mom asked my daughter, “Have you been late before?” … to which she enthusiastically responded, “Oh yes! Many a time!” ??‍♀️)

This year, she’s in the major leagues. And I need to step up my mom game.

I realized in a semi-panic yesterday that today marks ONE WEEK until the First Day of School. So, I made a list of everything I want to get done in the meantime. It’s half “why-is-summer-almost-over-there’s-so-much-fun-left-to-be-had” and half “this-is-so-exciting-because-this-is-the-first-day-of-the-rest-of-her-education.” Highlights include:

1. Fill the freezer with lunch stuff like Lisa Leake does.
2. Organize the laundry room. (And PUT SOME SOCKS IN THERE. Missing socks made us late 342 times last year!)
3. Sneak in another fun play date or two.
4. Back-to-school haircuts.
5. Get back on the FlyLady wagon.

Of course, life doesn’t stop, either. I’m in the trenches of a big deadline for my up-and-coming business right now (and aren’t we always?) So, I’m going to try to tackle one big thing and three small things each day between now and the first day of school.

Would you join me? What’s on your list this year?