Yes, it is one of my top 10 lies that people trick you into believing. Don't misunderstand me. I can't WAIT for summer! It will be so nice to not have to wake up to an alarm for a while, make lunches every night, pay our wonderful babysitter, see my children more than 5 hours a day, rush out the door saying, "Hurry! We're late, we're late! Let's GO! NOW!", or plan week long lessons at a time every Thursday afternoon. For that, I am thrilled. But...trying to do housework and laundry with 4 kids at my feet is not exactly my idea of a good time. I don't know how my big sister does her job. She has 6 kids that she homeschools. Very successfully, too. And, she still keeps a clean house. I know she would say she doesn't. But she does. Her laundry is done and she has home cooked meals several times a week. I have been spoiled because my mom-in-law helps so much around my house while she's there keeping the kids for me during the day. So, I guess what I'm saying is...I'm scared!! I know my house is going to be a wreck for the next 2 1/2 months and that I will be looking for my undies that have been designated to be destroyed because I don't have any clean ones! I will be swimming, playing, eating, traveling, not camping, and laying around reading books and will have no time to clean or wash clothes!
I will officially redefine the phrase Summer Vacation to mean the following for myself:
A hot, sticky, carefree time that smells like coconuts, charcoal, dog, chlorine, poopie baby girls, and dirty boys that is void of very much physical exertion in the way of scrubbing, mopping, soaping or sweating due to anything other than heat from the sun; a designated time of spontaneous laughter and combustible smiles.
I hope everyone has as great a summer vacation as I plan on having!
