Tunnel Vision

With about 2 1/2 weeks left of summer, I feel like I have tunnel vision, my eyes focused on a single day, the start of school. We're doing summer homework, checking clothing supplies, figuring out lunch ideas (this will be their first year to have lunch at school), considering changes to the morning and evening routine (do we need to get up a bit earlier because the bus will be earlier? do we need to push back bedtime to make room for play, homework, and dinner?), even considering reconfiguring some of the toy storage, all with an eye on the new school year. Which has the effect of condensing time. So, while all I have on the brain is the start of school, I'm trying hard to stay in the moment and enjoy the last of summer . . . and not infect the kids with my preoccupation. For them, school will be here soon enough.