The end of the school year always gets crazy. OK, not just crazy. INSANE. It’s one special event after the other, and because I like to volunteer at my girls’ school, there is never a lack of things to do. Science Fair. Field Day. Organize and shut down the library. End of year meetings for Daisies. Room mom duties. Award ceremonies. Then add all the extra-curricular stuff: the recital, the performances, the showcases, spring sports. And all the details that you can’t overlook: sign up for fall soccer, order new uniforms, think about NEXT year’s extracurriculars, attend evaluations, get haircuts so everyone looks nice for these special events, meetings and preparations for summer camps and special projects, end-of-year gifts for teachers, Mother’s Day.
And this year in particular, we have an out-of-state birthday to attend AND an out-of-state wedding to attend in May on top of all that. Add our annual vacation is in early June, and it’s a recipe for insanity. In fact, the only reason I have time to write this now is because I’m waiting on an e-mail to come in that I need to print before leaving the house. Were it not for that, I’d be out running errands … picking up snacks for 19 Pre-K kids, copying letters for teachers, and picking up a diet Coke at McDonald’s.
Oh, I haven’t told you about my love of diet Coke? Yeah, that’s a whole other post entirely. I’m going to be needing a LOT of diet Coke over the coming month.
The only way I get through it all is with two software programs: Mac’s iCal and Evernote. Both sync automatically and instantaneously with my iPhone and I can see where I need to be and what I need to do at any given time. Were it not for those two tools, I’d be in trouble.
A Life Imagined 