I think we're ready... school supplies are purchased, registration forms completed, fees paid, a little money in the hot lunch fund...
The cicadas are now buzzing most of the day, a definite sign that the high point of summer has passed. For me, the day that the long stretch of summer turns into numbered days is July 30, my birthday. As a child, I often received a big box of school supplies from my grandmother for my birthday. But I couldn't do anything with them. Arrgghh... That was hard for a kid who enjoyed school.
In fact, on my birthday this year, I went shopping for my own children's school supplies. And I cannot resist buying myself some new pens and a notebook.
