I'm NOT READY YET!!!!!!

Everyone talking about "first day of school" this and "back to school" that is REALLY FREAKING ME OUT!

I just finished a 3 day garage sale.

I am trying to transition a very FILLED large office space into a very comfortable schoolroom.  I have a personality that likes to go to the project, dig in, declare war, and work without eating or sleeping until it's done but this project is testing me.  I think it is God developing my stamina and my patience because I can work for about 30 minutes before I get bogged down, overwhelmed, confused and just want to cry.

IT WILL HAPPEN....SOME DAY.

Then there are the tomatoes that are ripening out there and will need to be canned.

Then there are the thermal curtains that I will need to sew before the cold comes so that we don't have to wear duck feather down undergarments while we school.

Then there is the botany class that I am teaching a homeschooling co-op that is only sketched out.

Then there is the education of my own dear children.  I have lots of books that all flow sequentially but I can't remember where we left off nor how to begin the new books that I am adding on this year (All About Spelling and Heart of Dakota's Drawn Into Reading).  Then I have a 4.5 yr old who wants to learn how to read and write and a 2.5 yr old that thinks she can do anything her big brothers can do.  I have a 7 year old who needs help on his writing and his letter reversals and...  and.... and.....

Oh and I have a garage full of tables covered with baby clothing that need to be boxed away and I have about 10 loads of our current clothing to fold and put away too.

I CAN'T TAKE THE BACK TO SCHOOL TALK.

Tomorrow my kids are going to Our Lois' house.  Lois is a retired farm wife who has adopted our family as her own.  She watches my kids when I need a sitter.  :)  Love her.   While she has my kids I will be:

1. Volunteering with our church at a Free Meal Ministry Kitchen.
2. "Just Looking" at a fancy kitchen bath place doing research into the replacement of my kitchen sink which is about to fall through it's counter!
3. Stopping by the church who sponsors the co-op to make copies for my first class in a couple weeks!!
4. Stopping at 2 maybe 3 fabric stores to purchase fabric for the thermal curtains in the new school room (I forgot my measurements the last time we went to town).
5. Picking up a free phone along my way since I stupidly forgot ours outside on a chair just prior to a 4 hour rain storm.  **doight**
6. Hitting up a Greenhouse/nursery with questions and the need to purchase plant seeds and maybe bulbs for my botany class.
7. Stopping at Menards to purchase or order my counter top and new sink.  We ONLY have Menards.  He is a townie here and has some "FABULOUS" strings tied onto the city board here that will allow NO competition for his stores into the area.   So "we spend big money, spend big money, when we shop Menards!!"
8. Praying to sell a handful of nicer outfits at Once Upon A Child that did not sell in my Thrift Sale.
9. Then I will be hitting up a couple of office supply stores buying a few supplies for us and my Botany Class.
10. Finally it will be off to pick up the crazy kids and get them home and to bed.

I'm already exhausted and NO!!!!   
I AM NOT GOING TO START 
SCHOOL ANYTIME SOON!!!!  
And I don't have to because I am a homeschooler!

In all honesty, our local school districts don't start until September 1st!  :)

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