Summer...Can't wait for school to start!

Well, this summer has been a bit more stressful than last year. Last year I spent the whole summer voluntarily unemployed and I planted flower beds, cleaned my house, visited family, volunteered, sowed and reaped vegetables from a large garden, learned how to make the family recipe for spaghetti sauce and homeade rotel with those vegetables, and most importantly spent precious and fun time with my children. This year, I am voluntarily in grad school. A summer ride my child are on unvoluntarily. Between class and more homework than I've had all year, my kids get a quite frazzled mom. My house is a wreck and there is grass growing in my flower beds. The back pasture has grass to my knees (only a little exaggeration) and the only gardening I've helped with is to take vegetables to the clinic to share. My kids are so bored they actually look forward to shelling peas.

I say all that to say, I can't wait for August!