Happy Wednesday Main Streeters! I hope you all are doing well this evening! It’s been busy, busy, busy over here in our TMSM household! We’ve had our friend Holly in town over the weekend, working on magazine content and spending time with us. We also got to see Super Fan Cindy on Friday, and finally meet Eric and Bill at Epcot who also work on The Main Street Monthly, so it was great! I find that we don’t take much time to do things when it’s just us, so when people are around, we’re more apt to be on the go and hit Disney as much as possible. We also saw the Frozen Fireworks at the Studios and made time to go to the Magic Kingdom as well. Fun stuff! I knew that school was starting this week, so I wanted the boys to have some end of the Summer entertainment. Speaking of school starting…. lets chat about that!
I know I mentioned it before, the fact that my kids were hitting school milestones, with Andrew starting High School and Aidan starting Middle School. I wrote about it on Sunday evening, trying to get some of those feelings out, but to my surprise, it wasn’t enough. Later that night, I was getting the backpacks ready and laying out their school clothes, and I started to cry. Ok, I didn’t just cry, I bawled my eyes out. What in the world? Where did that come from? I knew I would take it hard, them going into higher grades and all, but I never anticipated how emotional it would be. So after basically crying myself to sleep, I kept waking up, tossing and turning, looking at the clock. This is the first year that the boys are going to different schools, and the times two hours apart, so it’s been a lot harder. I have to wake up at 6:00 in the morning to get Andrew going, then Aidan gets up at 8:00 to be at school for 9:00. Plus, I have my morning scheduling to do for the site before bed. Sleep is minimal, and I need to figure out how to balance it out. I was tired and sad all day on Monday, but once I got them home and heard that they both had a great day, I was relieved. Now it’s just a matter of getting a routine down.
Last night, I was overthinking before bed again, about the kids growing up and such, and I got weepy. Yes again. Letting go is hard. I don’t have to fully let go, not yet, but my gosh, transitions aren’t easy. I got to thinking about my own parents. If I am having a hard time getting used to my kids being in 6th and 9th grade… How must my own parents feel, with me moving across the country from them? My Mom and Dad are amazing people, and I can only imagine how hard it is for them, or how hard it was to give me their blessing to move for the sake of my dream job. As I was tearing up, I was crying for them too. No one gives you a handbook when we become parents, and no one can warn you or how heartbreaking it can be. Time marches on, things change, and we can only wish upon a star for some extra magic to make things better. We were talking in Fan Nation this week, comparing notes with other parents who were having a hard time with back to school feelings, and I’m so grateful that we could be there for each other. Our Disney Ohana is pretty special. I hope everyone else who is currently dealing with back to school heartache, or for those who have it coming up, know that we’re all in this together and it WILL be ok! I pray for all our kiddos to have a safe and happy school year!
So that’s it this week. Sorry I was a little sappier than usual, but you know Wednesday is “keep it real” time around here, and that’s what I try to do. After all, we’re all friends, right? I thank you all for reading our weekly adventures, it means so much! Until next week, sending you all hugs, blessings and pixie dust! See ya real soon! ~M
Michele also contributes theme park news for Fox 35 Orlando 11pm news and on the radio on WDBO.
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