Supply List
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: Thoughts of the day
School starts for my two sons on Tuesday and I just got the list of their class supplies in the mail. Now that one is in 7th grade and the other is a sophomore, I'm pretty experienced with the basics like pencils, pens and paper so I try to always keep these around the house. It seems that as they get older the teachers get less particular with their needs. I remember one year when the list included head phones, small stapler and calculator along with all the basics. Wow, when I look back on my school days it seems like I was really slumming it.
But I think all the teachers have done a terrific job, I don't envy all the hours they have to put in and I know the schools here are terribly underfunded.
So off to the mad dash I go. There are always mixed feelings for me at this time of year. I'm a little thrilled to have some time to myself again,
relieved that I don't have to fight over the computer all day so that I can do my writing in peace. But things will be very quiet here and my boys will be a little bit further in their journey of growing up.