Tomorrow is the last day of school.
Tomorrow is the last day
of school!
She said over and over in a corner
rocking back and forth
sucking her thumb.
of school!
She said over and over in a corner
rocking back and forth
sucking her thumb.
And if the number of emails between me and the school are any indication, it seems as if we are going out with a bang.
Or a boom.
Or a thud.
Needless to say, we are all a bit on edge here.
A bit emotional
with a teence bit of exhaustion
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| Ellie brain-fried on the hammock after school yesterday. |
and slap happy fried brain thrown in.
On the way to the high school this morning to take McDaniel to her second day of finals,
we passed the university dairy farm.
There was a herd of beautiful cows close to the road.
McDaniel started mooing loudly to them like she did when she was still in a car seat and not almost ready to drive herself.
McDaniel started mooing loudly to them like she did when she was still in a car seat and not almost ready to drive herself.
Not the kind of intelligent confidence
you want your child to give you
walking into day 2 of finals.
Like I said,
we are all a bit fried right now.
As I turned the corner to head to the middle school to drop off Ellie, we noticed a "sort of display" set up in the front yard of a house along the way.
It was a bunch of scarecrow like “kids” dressed like cheerleaders and athletes
but instead of faces they had blown up black and white close-up photos of kids taped to the front.
It must have been some sort of graduation tribute.
I’m not sure if it was the nature of the droopy stuffing in which the “kids” were made of or the hard rains we’ve been having
but the whole display looked like a scene from the Walking Dead.
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| Can you hear the creepy music? |
A yard full of zombies.
One of the “kids” was propped up to be in a hand stand position with a rope attached to its feet and a tree branch.
Ellie said,
“Mom! One of the zombies is being hanged!”
Like they weren’t already “undead”.
Duh.
Some of the ink from the photo faces had bled adding to the overall creepy effect.
Congrats Class of 2014!
May your future be way more “lively" than this yard display!
But doesn’t that just sum up the whole school year?
We start out enthusiastic and energetic,
full of hope.
I’m sure just like this “kid” display was meant to be.
But then, the year just wears us down
with rains and burdens.
And soon we’re just a creepy display of zombies
with smeared faces in the front of someone’s lawn.
But tomorrow is the last day of school.
Tomorrow is the last day of school.
TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!
Happy Summer!
YAY last day of school~ We have two more weeks left and an IEP meeting to still attend. The 18th will be a very happy day for me. =)
ReplyDeleteWhoa! 2 more weeks?! Praying for you because I don’t have the strength!
DeleteWell I have to say, that yard full of zombies may not have been such a great graduation "tribute" but it sure made for a great blog post. :) Hope you and yours have an awesome summer!
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DeleteIt’s pouring rain right now and isn’t it sad that I really want to drive by the zombie yard to see what condition they are in?! You have a good summer too! Thanks!
Love the way you wrote this. And weird as it is, love the zombie kids. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! And it isn’t weird at all!
DeleteOHMYGOSH what on EARTH is that???? I cannot believe how creepy that yard looks!!! And what's with the hanging zombie? WOW.
ReplyDeleteI love how you described the end of the year- SO true!! And then we slide crashing into summer without a hint of refuge or recovery. At least that's how it rolls over here. Camp and swim team and travels and still trying to put the house back together and sift through all the year's school 'stuff'.... seasons seem to blur together these days.
YAY for your last day of school with the girls!! Another year DONE.
Yes, our summer is shaping up to be be busy but at least there won’t be homework!! YAY!!
DeleteLoved the zombie pictures!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteMay your summer refresh you and yours so that you can return to normalcy in the fall...for a few months...
ReplyDeleteThank you--you too!
DeleteThe zombie kids look cool.
ReplyDeletePhew! We still have 2 weeks of school left, but I totally feel what you mean about being exhausted by the time it is all over!
ReplyDeleteHappy last day of school and welcome summer rest, relaxation (and PLEASE a few trips to blog about...) for you all! We have a nephew graduating tomorrow (thank the Lord)- happy his face is not one in a yard of zombies haha.
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