Summer Is Here - Oh Crap!

Parting is such sweet sorrow. Never has that been more true than today when we bid adieu to preschool. It is with great sadness that we close the book on yet another school year for the boys. Gone is the dependability of scheduling important conference calls on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Gone are the days that Misty can be certain she will be grocery shopping with only 1/3 of the trifecta. Gone are the dependable recovery days in which we could seek respite from the previous day's insanity.

Summer arrives this year with impeccable timing. This morning Antonio and Angelo woke up at sunrise...and it gets earlier every day. My loving children were up around 6AM this morning. In itself not a bad thing, however at approximately 6:15 AM the bickering and fighting began. I have a hard time handling these kids when I am well prepared for them let alone early in the morning. As I am still wiping the sleep from my eyes they begin to wail on one another with whatever is within arm's length. Before I know it they have relocated to the kitchen and begin to serve themselves breakfast. Screams abound as to who gets to grab the bowls, spoons, milk and cereal. Nothing cheery about the Cheerios this morning. My one redemption was the knowledge that the kids had school today. But alas no longer...

Summer camp aboard the International Space Station not withstanding we are at a loss as to how we will manage these hoodlums for the next few months. I'm certain that as other families find themselves in similar scenarios that playgroups will abound just to ensure that the kids get their batteries drained and their mothers stay sane. In the meantime I will be the guy cowering in his home office refusing to come out save for the occasional meal (how awesome is the in-office bathroom now?). I am currently plotting an alternate escape route that will eschew the inevitable carnage that awaits me downstairs. Best idea thus far involves a window escape via rope ladder that I can use to exit stage left, scale down the house and bear crawl to my car with any luck unnoticed. Hey, a guy can dream can't he?

Have a great Summer!