I always used to love the beginning of a new school year. I loved buying school supplies and seeing my friends and the excitement of a new year. In college a new year meant returning to Boston and setting up a new room and starting a new show. After graduation it was tough because there wasn’t a momentous thing linked to September. I would get restless and want something new or different. A new tattoo, hair color, something crazy. Then I had kids and a new school year meant freedom. I was done having to fill the majority of my children’s free time with stuff. Now I just had to make sure they made it to school every morning and I was good. Yes, there are the extracurricular things now but it is much easier to plan for a couple of hours after school then to face months of empty blocks on the calendar.
Once again I am giddy with the sense of excitement that comes with the first day of school. Luckily my kids like school and are excited to go so I am not as evil and awful as the parents who adore their summers with their children would like to think.
So a toast to the new school year!
Jessamyn Foster 
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