Notes to Self

1. Television is a short-term gain, long-term pain child-minder.

2. Find some summertime recipes. This whole "crank the air conditioner so you can use the oven" strategy is both wasteful and silly.

3. Implement a better filing system. It may be convenient to toss every piece of paper that comes in the house in one pile, but it is invariably frustrating to search for necessary medical forms in and amongst back issues of The New Yorker and pizza place ads.

4. For heaven's sake, STOP moving and changing schools at the end of summer. Unpacking and filling out stacks of registration paperwork make poor bedfellows, and the Saturday before school begins is an inconvenient time to discover school supply lists and time-sensitive lunch program payment plan requirements.