Fact: The entire month of August was one big giant ball o’ crazy.

First, we had teacher in-service days. Then school started, for me and for the kids. Then I decided it would be cool if I dove headfirst into speaking events for the first time in a year. (New babies have a way of putting the kibosh on book signings, you know?) Then my husband signed up to take the Series 7, which is a fairly intense test that gives him a license to trade stuff.
(And by “stuff” I mean stocks. And, you know. Other stuff.)
(Clearly I am not the business person in the family.)
And then yada yada yada, suddenly it was September and I finally took a breath. School has evened out for me; I feel like I’ve got at least one hand on the gearshift of the metaphorical School Bus, as opposed to gripping the steering wheel and screaming–which is what I do in August.

The girls have settled in nicely at their school, which means they’ve (mostly) stopped crying when they have to get in the car at 7:00 in the morning.
I’ve got SEVERAL events scheduled this fall, which you can find on my Events page. (Fair warning: a few of them are not open to the public, but I listed them anyway just in case the event happened to be at your place of work/education, because I’d love to see you.)
And my husband? DESTROYED the Series 7.

He pretty much blew the test out of the water because he is awesome. And also because I made him scrambled eggs and toast for breakfast before he went to the test center.
(I like to think the breakfast had a little something to do with his success.)
(Then again, I like to make most things about me.)
So even though lots of GOOD things happened in August, I spent most of the month feeling like one of those cartoon characters who steps on a banana peel and spends the next five seconds slipping and flailing, desperately trying to regain their balance.
Only instead of five seconds, it was thirty-one days.
But now September is here! And with it comes:
- the first of my speaking events (at a middle school, where I’ll speak to 400 eighth graders–meep!)
- a new gig as a Ticket Taker at my school’s home football games
- a writing schedule that is actually working (thank you, Microsoft Excel; I should have Creepy Faces DONE and out to beta readers by January!)
- two birthday parties
- the wedding of two dear friends
- a re-read of the entire Harry Potter series
- and of course, another month of adventures with our 2 year old and 7 month old.
Basically? If August was a giant ball o’ crazy, then September is going to be a whirlwind of awesome.
What are you looking forward to in September?
Visits with Rileys, football, tailgates.
Yay! And we are looking forward to visiting with you!
Your August sounds much like mine. We spent 4 out of 5 weekends hosting major tennis tournaments. Sounds easy but Friday-Sunday 16 hour days, with long days in between to get ready for the next one, hosting 500-1200 people per tournament really makes you want to go crazy. Then my last weekend I had a small golf/tennis event followed by my baby’s first birthday party and I had developed a new twitch.. So I totally understand your September-first-means-I-have-time-to-take-a-breath relief. Congrats on surviving!
Sounds like you’re the one who is due some congrats… good grief!
I really, really think your breakfast was the key to his success. For sure.
I mean obviously. 😉