I am so, so, so ready for summer to be over. I feel like everything is up in the air and has been for weeks and it's all about to...land.

SS leaves for college Thursday morning. He wants to drive himself, but he's been spending lots of time here talking to DH and getting ready. I am glad and excited for him...glad for DH, too, that he gets to have some input and get this time with him. Glad SS is reaching out in this way. But I am also ready to have my home back!

I did a whirlwind trip to help move my sister to D.C. for grad school after her deadbeat boyfriend bailed on her at the last minute because he couldn't get the days off from his restaurant job. But, somehow, I could get totally free of my actual job at the last minute. Please. My hope is she'll meet a real guy in D.C. and dump this loser d-bag. Who knows...maybe all the guys in D.C. are d-bags, too...but at least they'll be d-bags with ambition and money.

Really didn't mind at all. I did 20 hours of driving in a less-than 48-hour period...but had a blast with my baby sister and it reminded me of when I was young and did stupid, crazy things. It also reminded me that I'm not so young anymore when I felt my back this morning...but oh well. Really hopeful that my sister will find her footing there and kick the dust of that crummy town she was in off her feet. (Sidenote: Do NOT believe a twenty-something if they tell you that they are "practically packed" and all they need you to do is roll up with a truck. This will most definitely be a lie.)

Also, SD goes back to school / back to EOWE schedule this month. Yay, yay, yay, yay!

So. How is the end of summer shaping up for everyone else? You getting your space back...getting those skids shipped off and settled back into their routines? Did you make it? Also...Eclipse? I'm right in the path of totality and getting pretty excited about it.