Back to Reality...

Can it be??  Is summer really over??  Say it ain't so!  I have to admit... I did NOT have high hopes for this summer!  Yep, I'm not exactly the optimist in this bunch.  I dreaded summer with a passion this year.  I hate the heat, the humidity and I started counting down the days until fall way back in May!  Now... it's officially over in our house and I am going to miss it!!  I never thought I would feel this way! 

DH went back to teaching this week.  He worked up at school getting his awesome classroom ready all last week.  Sigh... this is why I miss summer already.

He had been home all summer and I loved every (well, almost) minute of it.  At the start of the summer, I was pretty resentful at the fact that he would be able to sleep in, do everything at his leisure, watch tv, read blogs, etc., etc.  That's what I want to do after all!  I was insanely jealous that he had the summer off. 

But... turns out having him home was FABULOUS!  It was like I had a wife!  And a good one!  Way better than the wife I am!  Sure... I got up early and headed off to work while he was snuggling with the cat in bed.  That wasn't my favorite time of day.  I just wanted to stay home too!  But man, while I was at work... household magic would happen!  I would come home and dinner would be hot and on the table! Fruit would be cut.  Dishes were done.  Laundry was put away.  Grocery shopping was complete.  Clean sheets on the bed.  My lunch was even made for the next day.  Ahhhh.... it was fabulous! FAB.U.LOUS!!  

We seemed to have so much more 'balance' this summer -- this was the best part of him
being home.  Our time together was not spent running around town running errands and such.  Everything was done.  In the evenings, we could talk about our day, connect, watch a little tv and/or work on the computer.  It was so nice!  I loved it!!  Nothing felt rushed.  It was calm.  When we are both in knee high with work during the week, it's so different.  It seems like everything is rushed.  It's a rush to cook dinner when we both get home; a rush to eat the dinner; a rush to do the laundry and dishes and run errands and get to bed in good time so we can get up early and start it all again.  

This weekend, I went to the grocery store (with DH).  I did the dishes.  I did the laundry.  I vacuumed.  I want summer back!  I know... insert eye roll right here!  Hahaha!!!  I still haven't cooked much... I'm holding onto summer for just a tiny bit longer.  DH is way better at meal preparation than me... so I think that even with teaching, he will still be doing a good share of that!  He did so much of it right after we got married too!  I think after a few meals... he figured he was better off if he was the chef in the family!   I admit... I can be a little lazy when it comes to domestic duties... but I'm working on it!!  

Right now we are getting back to reality and into a new school year routine. I'm going to try to stay ahead of things this fall.  I love coming home to a clean house.  It's been ssparking clean ever since certain bloggers came to visit!  It's nice to have everything done and in order.  I know the craziness of life won't always allow me to do this... but it's worth a try! "I like housework... I like housework... I like housework."  Maybe if I say that enough times it will come true!  Ha!