What will you miss most when you return back to school?

I have a list of things I will miss:

• Drinking coffee while it is still hot
• Peeing when I have to, without waiting ’til I can
• Reading books without pictures, for fun
• Binge watching Netflix
• Leisurely surfing the internet (TPT, IG, Pinterest, Amazon, etc)
• Not having to answer parent emails within 48 hours
• Not sitting through meetings (Staff, IEP, Professional Development, yadda yadda)

But what I think I will miss the most is waking on my own in the morning with the entire day ahead of me to do what I wish. Where will I take my own children today? Will we even get dressed? Will I clean, prep for classroom, be productive at all? Or will I play with my kids, make waffles for lunch, and lounge around reading.  Yes, what I will miss most is the freedom summer brings! I did spend way more time than I thought I would prepping for this upcoming school year while binge watching old shows with my children on Netflix, because teachers truly do not have summers off.  But I enjoyed so much more too and I am just not ready to go back to the real world tomorrow.

Tomorrow I will be sitting in mandatory professional development, which is undoubtedly going to be a waste of my time. And I would be lying if I didn’t have things planned that I can slyly do on my computer while I am being “professionally developed” to make the time go by faster. And it makes me tear up to think that my own kids will be home, in their pj’s playing without me. I wish I could Skype in tomorrow!

So tonight we are staying up super late watching movies and eating ice cream. I don’t care if I am tired in the morning. That’s what coffee is for! I am enjoying this last night of summer!!