140 of 365...TGIF (Thank Goodness It's Fall)

Okay so it's really hard to say it's Fall when it's still 106 degree outside and well, Fall doesn't really happen for another month.  To me it's Fall when the kids go back to school.  And OH HOW I LOVE FALL!!!

I am NOT a summer time person at all.  I came to terms with this several years back and every year I struggle with emotions during the summer.  Financially the summer kills us.  Jealousy runs through my veins when I see all of my teacher friends bragging on Facebook how they're hanging at the pool.  Or how they got to sleep all day.  Or how they are off to their next trip to the beach.  I can't stand the heat.  How the Hell did I end up in Texas???  Because I was young and stupid.  This year has been extremely bad.  We've had 57 days of 100+ degree weather.  There are no schedules when summer time comes around.  My kids had no routine and that is no bueno for me.

So alas...school started on Monday.  Yes, our lives are very busy now that school has started, soccer practice/games have started, gymnastics is in full swing, etc etc etc.  But I LOVE the routine in it all.  I like being busy.  The girls seemed to really get in the routine of things pretty quickly and I just hope and pray they continue to like their classes, teachers and activities.  This also takes my mind off of the fostering/adoption process.  The more I read and hear the more I wonder if I really want to take on this system that is so screwed up.  Since I know nothing will happen until at the least the end of September, I've chilled out A LOT and will be perfectly fine if this process does or doesn't happen.