...let's start with the blatantly obvious: Labor Day has come and gone. Around here it's still warm enough for flip-flops and short sleeves, but you'd better watch out for the White-Pants Police! (Although, seriously, who can actually get away with wearing white pants? Unless you're a Supermodel who doesn't eat, or a childless person--who also never, ever even encounters any youngsters--they're just a Ketchup/Dirt/Glitter-and-Crayon Disaster waiting to happen.)
...Next, it's getting dark earlier. (Darn--just when I got used to 9:00 sunsets, too!) I went running tonight at 7:30, in a gentle twilight, and came back in can't-see-my-feet nighttime. Memo to self: when you have to use the glowing, greenish screen on your mp3 player to light the sidewalk so you don't trip over things: start going out earlier!
...Even though it seems like we just finished the Summer Reading and Math packets (oh, ahem, that's because we DID just wrap those babies up...the day before school started...hey, it still counts!), we have now entered the Homework Zone again. In fact, Derek discovered very quickly that 5th grade is serious business. In preparation for the Real World--or at least the apparent rigors of Middle School--he is expected to complete nightly assignments as well as recurring weekly tasks. On the second day of school he sat staring at his Homework Notebook, taking stock of the required activities for that night and sighed, with a slight catch in his voice, "Mom, 5th grade is haaard!"
...Christmas decorations show up in stores...wait, what? Yep, today in Target you could get a head start on purchasing twinkly lights to adorn the outside of your house (in 3 short months--so hurry! you know that in December they'll switch over to swimsuits!) Now, Halloween candy I understand. Who doesn't need a stash of festively Fall colored chocolates lying around? Why, it's practically a public service to make those available at the earliest possible date! (Especially when I--I mean WE...no, who am I kidding, I do mean I--plow through the first batch and have to sneak back to the store to replenish the supply. Is that just me?)
So, welcome to Fall: put on a light sweater, pack away the pool toys, and pass the orange and black M&Ms!
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