Musings of a Chocoholic Romance Author: First Day of School.

Monday, August 28, 2006

First Day of School.

Today is the first day of school for my kids. My oldest starts middle school today. I'll admit to harboring a certain amount of terror for him. I'm not old enough for this. Then it occurred to me, as I walked back from the bus stop... in a few years, my second son will be entering middle school and my oldest will be entering high school-- same year. I'm very proud of the fact that despite the icy grip of fear that squeezed me as I walked home, I didn't race right to the bathroom mirror to check for the streak of gray hairs I'm certain spontaneously appeared on me noggin when I got home.

So, to observe the First Day of School Occasion, I went and bought a chocolate chocolate chip drink from Starbucks, and bought a chocolate muffin (when I bought the milk I'd forgotten to buy when I was at the grocery store yesterday.) I came home with my treasures, watched *Charmed* on the TV, then fell asleep for 2 hours. I've found the most comfortable arrangement of pillows on the sofa, sigh, and the sofa itself is as deep one-- not one of those narrow ones that anyone with any butt at all would be worried falling off of.

Now, the rest of the day's agenda? Writing. Yes. I have about 3 hours and 20 minutes until dismissal. I'm working on Christmas novella for By Grace Publishing's Christmas anthology, Christmas Grace.

Other than I'd like to register a complaint about my nail polish chipping off after LESS than 24 hours, I have nothing else to say today except, "Don't stand outside in a lightning storm."

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