Not that I am counting, but in only FOUR days school starts and I am looking forward to total peace and quiet from the time I get up until at least 4pm. I am overwhelmed with thoughts of how to spend that first day. Then I start projecting forward to the next day and the next....I have 4 days of QUIET coming up in only 4 days!

I love my little darlings, but they keep a different schedule during the summer and I am frankly, tired. They don't get up until late in the morning (or afternoon) since they stay up ALL night. The microwave door slams at 2am and it sounds like a sonic boom when you are sleeping, but they have to have a snack since they usually were not home for dinner. As each cupboard door slams, I jump and head down the stairs to see who is up NOW.

Often I find an assortment of teenagers making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pizza or warming every leftover in sight. When we go to bed, the population is usually reasonably, however kids sneak INTO my house, not out (usually). If they don't see me up when passing the front window, they head for Andy or MIke's bedroom windows where they find easy access. Mike sometimes complains about the dirty footprints on his bed from Justin jumping in. They all know the Chihuahuas bark at any sound of a door opening, so it is easier to use a window.

Football and Cheerleading practice has started, the first official game is Friday night and the school supplies are waiting on the kitchen table. All that is left is that first blessed morning. I am really torn between doing everything I have put off forever and just sitting all day and enjoying the peace. My knitting and the TV sound great for the first day!