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What’s Left After Summer

Posted on 10. Aug, 2006 by Kelly C in Your Home

Ok, admit it, you look forward to summer vacation. The kids are gone all day in school for 9 months, we rarely get to spend time together – so summer comes and it’s the perfect opportunity to spend some time together. i wish I had given my girls the memo.

The dreams of summer vacation begin around April, time begins to pass slower and you know it’s coming. The weather is getting warmer, jackets are being put away and life is new again. I’ve dreamt of spending time with my girls, just hanging out with not a care in the world. Instead I have 7 teenage girls, on average, in my house at any one time. Computer, TV, Music going all at the same time. I see them from time to time, usually around lunch time as they pull themselves out of bed to brave the sun of the afternoon – when i’ve been up for 6 hours already.

You would think that they would be excited about summer vacation. With how often we’ve moved there is usually something new to see, to learn, to experience. To them the experience can be found in the new mall they have yet to discover. Ever state has a mall, every town has a mall – but no, each one is different and it must be explored. They suddenly come home with friends, they have a knack now for making friends, and it’s like we have lived wherever we are for years.

So what is left after Summer? My desire for quiet, for my TV not to be on 24/7, for time to read a book and actually get some work done. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to write with teenagers running rampant?

I guess it seems like a nightmare when you see it written like this, but it really isn’t. While I will be glad when school starts on September 5th, not that i’m counting, I will still miss them. At least during the summer they are with me, they are still my ‘little girls,’ and I can see them growing and enjoying life. Oh, they can also bring me Tylenol.

So, here’s to summer – enjoy it, because come September (Or August, depending on where you live) the Tylenol will find it’s way back to shelf, the house will become quiet and the insanity you wished to be over, will be missed.

So, what’s left after Summer? Memories!