It’s time!!!!!!!!!!!  For many of us it’s been a week already of children back in school or back into the homeschooling routine.  For some, there is still the Labor Day Weekend ahead that will then mark the official end to summer and find children returning to the ‘academic grind’ next Tuesday.  Whichever category you fall in, you fall in with a sense of relief………..don’t you?!?!?!

Come on’!  Let’s all admit it!  We love when the early morning routines begin again and add a sense of order to our lives that still ring with “I’m bored.  There’s nothing to do!” to “Mom, can you drive me to the driving range to hit some balls?” to “Can Sarah come over to play?” to “Could you skim the pool so we can go swimming?” (Right in the middle of a client phone call of course!!!!!!) and then back to “I’m bored.  There’s nothing to do!”

Being a teacher for more than ten years in the traditional classroom setting, I remember the first days of school thinking to myself, “Look at you parents dropping off your little darlings with such a smug smile on your faces.  So ready to jump into the car and whoop with delight that I now have them for the next 6 hours!”  I knew as a parent myself what was going on in your minds……………..Visions of a nail appointment without rushing, a lunch that consisted of more than fast food burgers, Spaghetti-Os and chips, an afternoon of hearing nothing other than the birds chirping outside and the tap-tap-tapping of your fingers on your work-from-home computers…………….Oh, the serenity that a new school year brings!

Don’t get me wrong.  I love, love, love my three children with the unconditional love that only a mother has.  Who else would take a trip to Puerto Rico with three children knowing well in advance that all five of the family would be sleeping in the same hotel room which in itself can lead to insanity!  Who else would say, “Let’s go out to dinner tonight to celebrate Mom’s big sale.” knowing deep down in her heart that it would be anything but a celebration as the teasing of two older brothers to younger sister always supercedes any inklings of mommy success! 

We keep trying, don’t we?  And while we will never be the Leave it to Beaver family, I continue searching for that lovely place of “Getting Along” that seems so out of reach as I raise one from age 17 to 18 within the next two months hoping that he doesn’t abandon the ‘academic grind’ to be seen on ESPN’s Poker Stars Tour!  This guy can bluff the best of ‘em (including me!). 

It’s all good ladies!  We can make it!  Thanks to this network of support created by Ellen and Pat we have a forum from which to share, to grow, to learn. 

Our summer travels are at an end (or soon to end with this weekend), our routines will hopefully become more conducive to great business practice and my sharing from the Teacher Mom side of things will rev back up so………………

Put your thinking caps on, get your fingers typing away and open your minds to networlding around the net with women who strive to be great at what their passion is.

Happy Educating!  ¡Sea feliz educando!

Boca Beth

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