Lovin’ Life 24/1/2019: In Anticipation of the New School Year.


This week I’m loving the possibilities and clarity of empty spaces.  I’ve been attacking various areas of the house over the last few weeks to both create space and rid the house of anything that isn’t necessary or treasured.  My riff on the Kondo-mania that’s hit Australia these last few weeks.

School begins for us next week and with it comes the time for me to be an expert juggler and manager of time.  Which uniform for which day, after-school commitments, days for presentations… it’s practically a second job keeping tabs on it all.  Hence the need for as much empty space and as little clutter as possible.

The beginning of the school year is also a sharp jolt back to reality for us both.  Bedtime will have to be strictly enforced again and on my part, there’ll be less time to faff around in the morning before drop-off and the commute onward to work.  I’ll be back on a strict laundry roster.  I’ll also be double and triple checking the lunch orders on the computer to make sure I really did click confirm.  I didn’t a few times in 2018…..

Yes, like the rest of the nations school parents, there’s lots more that has to be done on a daily basis once school resumes.

But I am looking forward to the start of school.  The busyness, the routine, the dramas, the pockets of time I get to do nothing but walk, breath and be below the rustling trees as I drop off and pick up, the chat in the car on the way home.  The days seem more punctuated and less fluid when term begins.

I’m having a bit of a laugh at myself having read that last paragraph back to myself.  It’s interesting how life changes your perspective on school.  The things I love about the school year as a parent are vastly different to what I enjoyed most back in the day.  I wonder what Master SSG’s take on things will be this year?

It’s been a relaxing and productive summer for me and I’m as ready as I can be for the first day back at school.


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