This morning, MT woke the kids up earlier, 6:45 AM. They really should have gotten up even earlier, but staying up until just past 9 PM the night before made that very challenging. I was up even later, trying to get everything organized, semi-packed and my journal updated before I leave tomorrow afternoon. MT was up until past 2 AM getting the kids’ school supplies (snacks, lunch boxes, backpacks, pillows, blankets, etc) organized, labeled and packed for school the next morning. She says she felt like she was preparing an old fashioned wedding trousseau. X2. J was also up late with business calls out of the country. But we all did it, if not super cheerily, and put on a happy face for the kids. Today was their first day of school in separate classrooms in
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