Friday, August 1, 2008

The Modern-Day Back to School List

1) Turn in student loan papers and make absolutely sure they're filled out correctly and completely (yes, I've learned the hard way).

2) Cook and freeze meals for those loooong days on campus.

3) Take the rest of the toys out of the schoolroom and change out the year 2 history and science posters (especially since we left them up through year 3...)

4) Wait for student loan money to come in to purchase 8th grade curriculum for the boy who's just champing at the bit to get started (sorta).

5) Shell out $450 for books for three classes--yep, only three. Try not to dwell on the fact that the book for Counseling 533 is the same book you used in Psy 384 and sold back last December.

6) Clear the dining room table of all the studies and papers written during the spring semester, lest we get confused and read the wrong thing (at this point, it wouldn't surprise me).

7) Change the bulbs in the dining room overhead light to 60 watts so I don't squint my way through another semester's worth of homework and further encourage these wonderful crow's feet that are stomping across my face.

Whatever happened to crayons, paste, new shoes, and a shiny new lunchbox?

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