Are the Leaves Changing Colors Yet?

I just can't clear my head enough to figure out what day it is. Don't tell me, I know it's Tuesday. I mean... Is it summer? Is it fall? What's going on?!

We have had so much going on this summer that it's worn me out! Many days at the pool, quite a few rounds of overnight visitors at home, entertaining those visitors around Central Texas, two family reunion weekends away, two week-long trips for the kids' to grandparents (which translates to trying and exhausted children returned to me not anything close to the way I sent them), and much more has consumed my time and energy this summer. I can look at the calendar and see that we're still in the middle of summer. Not to mention, I can walk outside into our 35th day of 100+ temps and KNOW that it is still summer. But, I don't think I can take any more summer.

We started paying the kids' tuition payments and I ordered new backpacks this month, and my mind immediately (and joyfully) went into school-is-about-to-start mode.  After adding important school calendar dates to my personal calendar today, I realized that we still have a month of summer left! Well, we all know summer lasts much longer in Texas, but we have a month of non-school summertime left. That's one-third of the summer! That means I'm only two-thirds through this exhausting time. Really, I don't think I can take any more. 

Over the last weekend, the kids came down with some sort of stomach bug that forced us to cancel all obligations and spend the weekend holed up at home puking, doing laundry, puking and doing a lot more laundry. Although the kids didn't fare the weekend so well, I was thrilled to be confined to the house and even more thrilled when our visiting company shortened their visit and we were left alone. What kind of Mom enjoys vomiting children?! This Mom. This tired mom does. 

Oh.... I can already see it coming. The kids are going to be disappointed with the last month of their summer vacation. After being home since Friday night, Abigail asked today where we were going. Nowhere, I said. She sighed and suggested that maybe we would think of somewhere to go later today. I don't think so, baby girl. I'm sure I'll pull out of this homebody funk eventually, but for now, we're sticking to our house - ALONE! 

Don't get me wrong, I've thoroughly enjoyed our eventful summer and everyone we have shared it with. But, I'm fully spent and looking forward to the confines of a school schedule that will hold us down to our homefront until the wave of holidays hits us at the end of the year. In the meantime, I'm hoping August is filled with lots of nights at home, weeding through the stack books I want to read and a whole lot of nothing else.