September Days Around Here

 "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the Fall," - F. Scott Fitzgerald. 

Okay, today is officially Fall so it's time to bring out the decorations and start the morning with a cup of pumpkin spice coffee. 

A lot of people rush to decorate for the season as soon as September arrives but I prefer to wait until the official day is here.  I also keep my American flag theme decor on display from Memorial Day to September 11.  

September means back to school and back to a very hectic schedule.  My daughter started her dance season and has also started taking violin lessons.  My son's Fall ball season is going on, along with boyscouts and guitar lessons.  I definitely love keeping a busy schedule for the kids but am feeling the need for a full day at home to catch up on cleaning and relaxing.  

Last week we traveled to Maryland to watch my Yankees play the Orioles, a first major league game for the kids.  

Then a few days later we were back to a different part of Maryland to see monster trucks in action.  

I've been working extra hours so that makes for a better looking paycheck and it's definitely needed.  Have you noticed the price of gas and groceries lately?   Yikes!  I'll leave this post at that.  Happy Fall y'all!

Ida

 

My prayers are with those in the path of Tropical Storm Ida.  Here in Southern Pennsylvania we are experiencing the remnants of it.  A lot of rain!  School was let out early as the roads were starting to flood.  

I came home and snuggled with this guy and we both fell asleep.   Well, I woke up.  He's still snoring away.  

What a way to start September. 

Back To School

 

Here we are!  First day of 5th grade and the last year in elementary school.  I started the day praying this will be a good year for her because last year was hard on the already emotionally sensitive girl.  

And the boy is starting 8th grade virtually.   It sounds like a meeting is going to be held in September to discuss having the option of masks.  If masks become not necessary I'm not sure if we'll bring him back to brick and mortar learning.   I'd really prefer it that way but it's a big decision.   We'll see how well he does with cyber.  

I hate what this virus has done.  I hate that it's taken lives, I hate the divide it has caused a nation that's already divided enough, and I hate that it's taken away normalcy for kids.  But we can take this experience and learn from it.  

Wishing a happy 2021/22 school year for all!

Pray For the Nation and the World

 Last week was a little difficult.  After we transferred my son back to in-person school the school board decides to require masks.  So, we had to make a quick decision to get him back to cyber because he doesn't handle mask wearing very well.  Then we got a ton of rain which flooded our basement a little bit.  My husband was using a lot of four-letter words while cleaning it all up, if you know what I mean.  This morning my alarm went off at 6:15 and I grumbled at the thought of waking up early to go to work.  I spent a few hours getting things ready in the kitchen for the first day of school on Wednesday as I thought about the overwhelming and uncertain year that lay ahead.  When I came home I had to deal with my poor boy who is suffering with an inner ear infection.  Last night he was in so much pain and had very little sleep.  My husband also had little sleep because of his own pain he's been feeling.  

I could go on and on about things going on right now.  

Then I think about what is going on in the rest of the world and my problems seem so miniscule.  I try not to watch the news anymore but I do know about what's going on in Afghanistan right now and it's scary.  There are other countries going through a lot of tough situations.  Here in this country there are people dealing with so many problems.  The west has been experiencing fires while the east has been getting way too much rain.  

I pray for this crippled world and a country that seems to be going under faster than you can say HELP.  I can share my views and I can say who I feel is to blame but it's not going to fix the problems, is it?  All I can do is pray.  Pray for our nation and pray for the world.  We need Jesus now more than ever!