Sir, I'll take anything without the magic...

Every year...

..new notebooks and fresh folders...(and apparently alliteration)..

...magically make me WANT to be back in school...

I wonder if the magic is included in the price.

What if I couldn't afford the magic????

"Umm, excuse me...do you have any discouragingly hopeless notebooks?

Uninspiring highlighters?

Less-than-charming rulers...pens....pencils?

Sir, I'll take anything without the magic"

"I'm sorry, we only sell magical supplies at this store..maybe you should try the Forlorn File Folder Superstore. I hear they're having a sale on their despairingly un-magical school supply line."

Yikes. I shudder the thought.

I'm grateful for the magic...

and I'm almost ready for school to start...

.............mostly just so that I can get it over with....

buuuuut, potato potaato , right?

Just keep swimming.

=HOOT=

A not-so-terminal-diagnosis-on-the-mend.

I seem to be suffering from.....

"Pre-School Stress".

It feels pretty much like regular school stress.

Allow me to explain.

Symptoms of PSS include but are not limited to:

-Feeling like you have way much to do, with far too little time.

-Feeling poor, when you're not...yet.

-Feeling like you can't go anywhere...vacation..etc..because you just have "so much to do".

-You irritated when people ask you to do things for them..again because you just have "so much to do".

-Constant fatigue, with no correlation the number of hours slept.

-Frequent loss of appetite.

-Having the intense desire to skip over a significantly large chunk of time..say 4 months..?(or perhaps the next 15months??)

-Missing out on summer care-free-ness for no reason at all.

Today..I ate a piece of bread. Plain bread. And it brought me back to my 9+ hour school days (in a far too vivid way) and the fact that, most often, my lunch on those days consists of...plain bread. (Hoorah for 6 minutes of extra sleep!!! 5:30 comes so early..)

If you are suffering from any of the above symptoms, you may be suffering from PSS. Don't worry. There is help!

THE CURE.

An apple a day,

lots of fluids,

plenty of rest,

a road trip with your mom,

lots of family,

and loves from the sweetest two-year-old on this planet.

May need to repeat regimen 3 weeks later. Plan accordingly.

School starts 3 weeks from Thursday, and this jumpstart on my stress level is un-welcomed. This program worked for me..it can work for you !

You should consult a physician before beginning any stress-relief program.

I am not a licensed physician..(but I do play one on TV)

I do not play a licensed physician on TV.

=HOOT=