I don’t know about you but the start of September always feels like a second “new year”. Maybe it’s the start of the school year, returning to a routine, or tucking summer neatly away in the rearview mirror, but I’ve always looked at the fall as a time for new beginnings. And who doesn’t love a fresh start?
Although it’s far from feeling like Fall weather-wise, I’m ready to embrace all the potential that the new month and new season has to offer. So let’s kick off this new month with a quick catch-up over coffee and join Coco and Deborah for the Ultimate Coffee Date.
Over coffee, I’d tell you that we’ll be dropping my oldest son off at school today. I’m both nervous and excited for him – I know in my heart this new school will be a good fit for him but, despite having all summer to get used to the idea of him being a boarder, I admit I’m still not ready to let him go.
Over coffee, I’d tell you that he’ll be home for his first long weekend at the end of the month and I’m already making plans for that weekend 😉
Over coffee, I’d tell you that with my youngest son asking more and more to go for a run I was holding out hope that my youngest son would choose to run middle school cross country this fall. But, he’s announced that he’ll be playing flag football instead. At least it’s flag and not full contact! I don’t think I could take being on the sidelines for that!
Love this picture from his birthday run!
Over coffee, I’d tell you that I’m itching to take on another house project or two. We’ve been sampling paint colors for the exterior as the house is long overdue for a paint job. And with my son away and not using the office for homework, I want to clean, paint, and reclaim it as my own (I work from home, but almost always keep my laptop in the family room.)
What would you tell me over coffee? Are you a fan of fall?
You can take on any project at my house instead. LOL I have so many half started.
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LOL – I’ve got enough on the horizon here to keep me busy for quite a while.
Good luck to your son! I hope he likes his new school. I’m missing my college boy. Let me know if you want to cry in your coffee with me.
Thanks, Wendy – I wish you lived closer then we could commiserate over coffee…or better yet, some wine 😉
Boarding school is a big change but I know it can be awesome. As a kid, I always wished I could be at boarding school — not because I didn’t like being at home, but because I thought it would be cool to be with my friends all the time.
I am working on some “resolutions” for the new school year, 😉
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That’s funny I felt the same way – I was a day student at a school with boarders and I always thought it would be so much fun to be able to live with my friends all the time.
ooooh, I want to hear more about your home office project! I was just thinking my kitchen could do with a face-lift (or, at least a color lift LOL). Hope all goes well with you son’s drop-off. WE took our youngest to college last weekend (but she’s already back home for the weekend), I know what’s it like to let them go….((hugs))
I haven’t quite figured out what I want to do with our office yet – time to get lost on Pinterest 🙂
I LOVE fall!!! It is the best season! I don’t have kids so I have never felt like September is the beginning of a new year but I understand why one would. However, I believe this year we will be experiencing that! My husband took a new job and it will mean a whole new schedule so I guess it’s a new start for us!
Good luck settling into your new schedule!
All the best with the new school year! I love fall. And I’m ready for fall weather to arrive…anytime now…
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I know, could someone nudge Mother Nature along!