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Busy?
Not at the END OF THE YEAR
(Cue Sarcasm)
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By Lori Keenan
Busy can't begin to describe it.
It used to be that I got to feeling overwhelmed around (big, in-the-air-finger-mark quotes, while talking slowly and deeply) "THE HOLIDAYS," but now that general level of anxiety and overload is year-round for me, beginning with "BACK TO SCHOOL," running pretty much nonstop through "SPRING" and crashing to an explosive finish with (big scary voice) "END OF THE YEAR."
A friend told me last year that May is the new December. I'm thinking June, but she's definitely on to something.
The "END OF THE YEAR" is frightening. My head is literally spinning (a la Linda Blair in the Exorcist) with the frenetic schedule our family has, beginning yesterday and culminating with an enormous whooshing crescendo (think Whoopee cushion) at the end of next week. Ten days of unadulterated familial chaos.
At the "END OF THE YEAR" my husband and I have virtually NO conversations that aren't related, in one way or another, to the logistics of shuttling kids to events, conflicting schedules, arranging alternate rides, buying appropriate costumes/uniforms/teacher gifts, class picnics, team picnics, all-school picnics, neighborhood picnics, float building, carnival, soccer games, soccer registration, baseball games, poetry readings, dance recitals, science reports worth ALL of their semester grades, dance class, pizza parties, welcome-to-the-new-preschool parties, concerts, art shows, dress rehearsals, team pictures (the Wheaties box package this year?), baseball fest, snack, snack and more "SNACK," including providing cheese and crackers for 8th grade graduation, while my oldest is in 4th grade...
