What to do?

So I have actually survived the first week of middle school.....this is not to say it didn't have its ups and downs. The girls seem happy, but mom and dad are still adjusting to them going from elementary to middle school. Things are different......they are really growing up now! I realize that the last few years just flew by while I stood here. It is hard to believe we have been in North Carolina almost 3 years now, but we have. I do miss home sometimes, but this is such a great place to be that it makes it worth it!
I tinkered with the idea of actually going back work since school started, but then who would be here to do the laundry, cook, run errands and all those things?? Oh, that would still be me....so for right now I am contend to stay home again this year.....we'll reevaluate this later.

So I caved!

Ok....I did ....I gave into middle school peer pressure and allowed them to wear a little mascara and eyeliner.......what can I say, I once was a preteen middle school girl! So Sue Me!!

And It Begins.....

Yesterday was officially the first day of middle school for my girls! This included many firsts....the girls are riding the bus this year for the very first time, they have a locker, they have to change clothes for gym and most importantly they came home the first day asking to wear make-up. I didn't consider this would be an issue in 6th grade( I let them shave their legs, for goodness sake!) so I was a little unprepared. We have compromised and decided we will evaluate the need for this around their birthday in November.
It does feel strange to have middle schoolers, I mean I'm not that old!! This is just one more milestone that is passing and it makes me sad on one hand and proud and happy on the other.
On the one I feel like they are growing too fast and are getting very independent, and on the other I feel they are getting very independent....you see this is a double edged sword...I want them to still need me but yet I want them to become self sufficient....I suppose this is just the way it is.

Career Choices

Thinking about all the things I once aspired to be I came to a conclusion......I am doing all of them in one way or another.
When I was a kid I wanted to be a teacher, well with two kids you are always teaching something , so I am a teacher.
Later I wanted to be a lawyer;....with 2 preteen girls I am more like the judge than the lawyer, but with my husband I use my persuasive argumentative side almost daily to prove my point.
At one point in my life I thought about attending culinary school, well, lets see......I get to make meals for my family every day three times!!
I do not recall every wanting to be a maid,chauffeur or personal shopper, but I get to do all these things as well as be a counselor and prison warden some days.