I feel like I’m missing out on all kinds of stuff lately! First was the kids’ graduation and last week of school – we were on vacation, of course. And Kayley missed out on taking her finals, so she had to do them Monday and Tuesday of this week, which were her last two days of school. I’m not sure if she missed out on any fun stuff while she was doing that, but she still came home with lots of pictures of her friends on her new pink digital camera and lots of signatures in her yearbook, so I guess she was okay. (Also? Wow. My kid is old enough to have a yearbook full of signatures like, “I signed your crack!” and “Stay cool and have the best summer ever!” She seems so grown up all of a sudden.)

So, yeah – Tuesday was the last day of school for Kayley, and I went to pick her up at noon. Kids were running around all crazy everywhere, hugging one another and signing yearbooks and all of that. And what fun-filled activity did I have planned for Kayley’s first afternoon of summer break? We went to Costco! Woohoo!! On my way home from Costco, I stopped at the mailbox and there was an issue of Family Fun magazine in there, with an article all about fun things to do on the last day of school. One mom made a big “Welcome to Summer Vacation!” banner and hung it across the front of the porch, so the kids could run through it. There was another idea about attacking kids with water guns as they got off the bus. Fun ideas, and dammit! It came too late for me! Oh well.

And then, I got this awesome box of goodies in the mail to review from Prestone, for their new “Get Road Ready” campaign – I’ll be posting about all of it soon on my review blog, but damn – there was some stuff I seriously could have used two weeks ago! A bunch of games to play on the road, some additive for your fuel tank, a cute little utility light that plugs into the cigarette lighter, etc. And then! I got another little DVD in the mail yesterday to review for Team Mom – it’s a DVD intended to be viewed on the road, while on vacation. Ha! Of course I would get it in the mail the week after we get back from our huge road trip.

As if that weren’t enough, I drove past the municipal pool on my way to pick up Kayley from her last day of school, and it was full of kids, splashing around and hootin’ and hollerin’. It looked so clean and pristine and refreshing. I thought, great! Kayley’s friend Taylor is staying a couple of nights over here – we’ll all go to the pool. Welcome, Summer! But, no. It’s been rainy the past two days and the pool has been closed. D’oh! And Kayley’s leaving tomorrow for yet another vacation, this time with her dad. So I guess I shouldn’t worry that she isn’t having any summer fun yet.

Sooooo, I’m just putting this out to the universe: I’m home! I’m back from my vacation. Feel free to let me in on the cool shit NOW, while I’m HERE.

Possibly Related

• November 14, 2008 -- It’s snowing!
• October 22, 2008 -- OMG, I have to go through this with 4 more kids??
• June 22, 2009 -- Bring on Summer.
• June 4, 2009 -- Purplicious.
• May 17, 2009 -- OMG I will never be this cool, EVAR.