Some ranting, some raving, and lots of busy thoughts, so buckle up.

I have a lot of thoughts going through my head tonight, so I'm going to be more like Evelyn and let them alllll come out (Evelyn, I hope you know I am doing this in the imitation-is-the-highest-form-of-flattery sort of way.)

* We bought a freezer today. I'm really excited about it. I want to go bargain shopping for meat. I want to learn how to freeze jam. And cookies. And time...

*Because Jenna is starting school tomorrow. I hate to sound like the old cliche, but MY BABY IS GROWING UP SO FAST!!! I'm trying reeeally hard to have mixed feelings about this, but mostly all I'm coming up with are sad feelings.
Maybe I would feel more excited if Jenna felt more excited, but we're talking about a girl who hates change. Hates. It. Even when she sees it from a mile away, she fights it. Ah, Jenna. School is good. When people ask her if she's excited for school, she tells them no straight up. Then people try to be encouraging. "School is so fun! You will learn so much at school! Then you can grow up and be whatever you want to be!" Jenna will then matter-of-factly reply," I'm not going to grow up. I am going to be little and stay with my mommy forever." (If you hear that cracking sound, don't worry, it's just my heart breaking a bit. I'll be ok.)

*Speaking of school...we've got the clothes set out. The lunch is packed. Bathtime was a success and bedtime was speedy. One last nagging thing: which school is she going to again? Oh, that's right, we don't know yet.
See, we decided to transfer Jenna to a different school, since the one in our town has really bad performance scores. When we got home from our vacation in Idaho, we had a form in our pile of mail explaining the transfer process. It involves getting a signature from the principals of both schools, then review and approval from the school board. Since we got home Thursday, we called Friday morning to make sure the principals were in their schools, and we found out that they were in meetings until Tuesday. (I'm thinking probably not straight through, but I don't know...) Jenna and I spent most of this morning running from school to school to school (turns out one of the principals runs two schools--how fancy) and then to the school board to get it approved. The man in charge of approval was out of the office, but the nice lady told me she'd get the form to him before his meeting at 1:00, and see if he couldn't get it approved for us.

Weeell, it's 11:00 now, and I'm thinking he's not going to call back.

Now I don't want to sound too pushy, because I know they have a lot going on right now and I'm not the only person who needs their time, but I'm not really sure what to do tomorrow. I'm really afraid we'll go to the school we want, and they will be like, "Sorry, you're not on the list. She doesn't belong here." Wouldn't that just help to ease her first-day jitters? Then, what if we have to take her back to the other school, the one I don't like, the one I dissed on the form where it asked my reason for transfer? And they'll be all, "Oh, what, didn't the better testing scores and smaller classrooms work out for ya?" And she will be an outcast. Gak.

*Also, I promised Jenna pancakes in the morning. That was before I found out I have to take the other kids to Sarah's house at 7:30. When am I going to get those done? And nurse the baby? And change the diapers? And dress the bodies? And do Jenna's hair? These are all things that are not usually done before 7:30. What if we're late for the first day of school? Ugh. I can't sleep.

*If I know one thing about myself, it's that my worrying gets way out of hand. So, I think I got it all out. We'll see how it really turns out tomorrow!!