Ready for Some Relaxation

Authored by Rickey Combs

The kids are going back to school in a few days, and it's a flurry of activity here as I help them to prepare. With two boys getting ready to apply for college and my daughter fretting over her SAT scores, I am up to my ears in ornaments and decorations to pack, forms to fill out, and projects to oversee. Physics has been hard for the twins!

All three of the kids have taken to staying up almost all night and sleeping until noon. I can only imagine what waking them for school is going to be like for the first few mornings. However, I can always bribe them with the French vanilla coffee that my sister gave me for Christmas.

While I love them to death, I can't wait to load the car, set the home security alarm (adt home alarm deals ), drive them to school, and come home to a blissfully quiet, still home. I'm considering spending the day reading a good book curled up by a roaring fire, but I know myself. I'll end up cleaning the bathrooms or dragging the sticky tree out to the trash and getting covered in sap. No matter what I decide to do, I've already arranged to have our carpets professionally steamed on Tuesday of next week. Serving red wine for New Years wasn't the brightest idea I've ever come up with!