Hump Day. And Other Random Topics.

In high school I remember everyone making a big deal about hump day. Wednesdays. It wasn’t until later on in life I realized that MOST teenagers were calling it hump day for the absolute wrong reason lol. It means we’re getting over the hump of the work week…it’s all downhill til the weekend from here.

AND THANK GOD.

Many weeks this summer have flown by with playdates, parks, trips, ice cream and movies. But for some reason it feels like time is now standing still. Each day is feeling longer and longer. It probably has to do with the fact that my daughter has cut down to 1 nap/day even though she’s EXHAUSTED by 4pm. That makes 4pm-7pm the most tiring, stressful hours of the day. Charlotte is fussy about every little thing, the cat wants to eat an hour before she gets her food, it’s time to make dinner and clean up all of the toys, I realize how many things I didn’t get done that I wanted to (often including posting a blog!) and I attempt to look nice for hubbie’s homecoming…but honestly, after chasing a toddler all day and running errands, I’m not the most put-together person around dinner time lol. It probably also has something to do with the fact that I’m friends with and related to so many teachers and students, who are all preparing to go back to school.

I believe it’s called transition and by now I should have mastered this phase in life. But each time it catches me off guard and I start questioning my life. Should I join a play group for the fall? I need a hobby. Maybe I should join a gym. Are my friends mad at me? I should…etc etc.

But I realize that the only thing I have to do is stop and recognize this week for what it is. It’s a week (or 2) of transition. When my priorities may shift and my routines may change. It’s kind of the hump day/week of the year. Tomorrow it will be Sept and in NY that means the cooler weather is right around the corner. So although it’s sunny and 85 degrees today, the transition to long pants, pies, casseroles, holidays, leaves changing and socks coming out of retirement is just a bit further ahead.

So let’s all say goodbye to summer, take a picture of today, and look forward to the final months of 2011.

Here’s my picture of today (obviously before 4pm )