Greetings from Nevada! I hope it’s been a great week.
We all survived the first week so school. Yay! It was a rough one, I’m not going to lie. Getting back into the groove of going to bed at a decent time, getting up early, focusing all day, while also having soccer practice three times a week is no joke!
Antonio had acted totally un-phased by the idea of going to middle school. Up until the night before, it was all no big deal. But once it was nearing bedtime on Sunday night, the nerves kicked in. He is generally unemotional about things, he takes them in stride. But there were some tears and nerves were really showing as he was preparing for bed.
He was so afraid he was going to get lost on campus. He didn’t know where he was going or what he was doing, and he was a mess. All of this, despite the fact that the Thursday before we went to open house and toured the school and saw all of his classrooms. I promised him his Dad would remind him where everything was and show him the ropes before school on Monday and that everything was going to be okay.
Analise was bubbly and also a nervous wreck. She wasn’t sure whether to be excited about middle school or scared to death. She went with a combination of the two. But about an hour after she had fallen asleep, she woke up with a stomach ache. We finally managed to get her to go back to bed, but she didn’t have a very restful sleep.
Isaiah was nervous, but his nerves showed more on Monday morning. His nerves centered more around the fact that this was his first year without his brother or sister in the same school. Let me tell you, he didn’t love that idea!
But everyone made it where they needed to be, on time, and it was a great first day. Isaiah’s teacher was so excited to have him in her class, as she had also had Analise. She gave him a big hug and made some of those nervous bugs go away, thankfully. But it was hard for me to leave him there all alone! Okay, I know he wasn’t all alone, but you know what I mean.
The twins had a good first day, and a good first week. Despite some crankiness from not enough sleep, all in all, it went smoothly. We’ll see how it goes once all the homework kicks up!
As for me? I’ve been moving all the stuff from my current office to a new one, all week long! In fact, as I write this on Saturday morning, I’m at my office preparing for a day of moving the really heavy stuff. I elicited the help of Ben and his brother and am hopeful I won’t have to do too much heavy lifting today. I will be SO GLAD when this move is complete.
Until next week, make it a great one!
Amy
