First week of school

Goodbye, Summer. With school nights, homework, back to school nights and soccer schedules here, summer is over. Even if it has been 104 for a couple of days. The first week of school has been a rough one. There have been tears. There has been anxiety. There have been complaints. There have been exhausted teenagers crashing on the couch as soon as they walk in the door. The adjustment to bedtimes and homework is still going on. At least tonight, there were no tears. Even Tate only whined instead of completely breaking down.
Chase is going to try to play Placer JV soccer & Strike soccer which will be a challenge. That is about 14 hours of soccer a week-more with games. Once he hits a routine, he'll be able to pull it off. Good coaches help with that. His synopsis of his classes before back to school night last night: Spanish is my favorite class. It is fun & my teacher is cool. English is boring. Science is OK. Health is stupid. Jake went to his classes last night and said "I am SO glad I'm not in HS. It gave me a headache just thinking about it. But the Spanish teacher seems cool and the science teacher seemed into it."
Chloe has reported: Mr Murphy is scary. And LOUD. Very, very LOUD. Did you hear how LOUD Mr Murphy is? Algebra is boring. Do you SEE the stuff we are doing? It is so easy.
Avid is stressing me out. It's just MORE work. And it's stressing me out.
I want to play soccer. Play soccer. Play soccer.
The group I'm in in Cross Country is too beginner for me. I had to wait for them for like 5 minutes today. I don't want racing shoes. I like my shoes. (you'll go faster in the racing flats) NO I LIKE MY SHOES. (geez, take it easy!)
Tanner has reported nothing. We didn't go to his classes because 2 people can't be in 3 places at once. It doesn't work. He said it was fine. Everything is fine.
Same report for all on seminary. It's fine. We just sit there. It's fine. I guess 'fine' is better than awful because they are getting up at 5 and leaving around 6 for before school church. Without complaining so far which is great! And Tanner drives them- woo hoo!!!
Kaleb hasn't had much to say about the learning part of school but he is having a great time at PE and Outdoor Adventures. There has been capture the flag & Mr. Rick is funny. Oh, and Anders gets to be there, too, which is awesome. He did have 75 math questions last night, though. That's not as fun as capture the flag. Or Anders.
And Tate. Poor little guy. "When are the kids getting home?" "What time do the kids get home?" *repeat , repeat, repeat* My personal favorite is: "What am I going to do? There is NOTHING to do. There is NOONE to play with. This is so boring." Speech class starts next week so that will be good & I think we will need to find a preschool that will work. He can't sit here all day. And I can't concentrate on work or school with him whining at my feet all day. I mean literally at my feet. Not going to work. Maybe he'll be less whiny when we get his glasses.

New rule: let's let everything settle down for 2 weeks and then see how we feel about classes, schedules, teachers, etc. It might feel like a really, really long 2 weeks. Hope we can all survive the settling in period without anxiety medications. (Except for Mom. She gets to keep her medication.)

Funniest thing from HS back to school night: I met Mr Murphy. (he is loud) He said that my parents raised some really great kids. (he's especially a fan of Dan. Football coach and all) He had this word written on the board in his classroom. "SEXTION" He said one of the students, taking notes earlier in the day, wrote that on their paper and he couldn't resist putting it up on the board. One word window into the teenage mind. Good luck, HS teachers. I think I'm glad that it's you and not me!