The last First Day

Technically, this is yesterday's post, but I couldn't log on yesterday to post it.

Today is the Last First Day of school. My baby started his senior year of high school today, and I'm both sad and not at the same time. After this year is done, I'm not going to miss getting up at 5:30 a.m. to keep my New Year's Resolution of the last 2 years to be up and walking around before it's time to leave for school. I'm also not going to miss writing checks for lunches, paying the fees, and shelling out all the other funds (and I had a high school senior last year, too, so I know how expensive the senior year is, I don't need reminding). Mostly I'm a little sad because it's approaching the end of the era where I have "school-aged" kids. And having kids in college doesn't count as school aged in my book. Since I'm the type of person where basically everything IS all about me all the time, my youngest child in his last year of high school makes me feel old. And I don't feel old most of the time; I feel emotionally pretty much the same as I did at 12, 17, 21, 25, etc. I don't feel 41 (42 in 2-1/2 months) except when I need to cover my gray roots.

What's good about T being back in school is that it gets me into a pattern of getting up earlier in the day. I may not like getting up at 5:30, but it's easier for me to get in a workout and be productive at work without working until late in the evening when I get up this early. It's just not going to be pretty for the first few days, but I do believe that the weight loss vacation I've been on for the past couple of months is over. Back to school equals back on track and all.

I'm still reading the same book as I was at my last blog post, which is unusual for me, but it's a really long book, and it's so gorgeously written that I feel like savoring it. I probably will finish tonight or tomorrow though, and then it's on to The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw which I picked up at the library yesterday. After that, there are at least 40 books on my To Be Read pile which I'll get to, eventually.