Summer that is.  I've had such a fantastic summer with the boys.  I really made the most out of my time off.  We did not stay home even one single day.  Every day by about 10 a.m. my kids are "done" with the house and start to "get up each other's butts" and fight. So we pack our stuff and find somewhere to go.  I have conquered every playground, mastered every pool, found every hidden sandbox in the city. And I'm bored. Today it was a struggle. I spent half the day trying to think of something to do and the other half being bored. I'm just so tired of our routine, with the same places and things to do. I'm ready for a change of season. New places, new schedule.  

The kids were fine, of course, it's all me.  I then spent a good bit of time weeping because I felt like a terrible mother for feeling like I am ready to go back to work.

But Im ready to go back to work.  I love that feeling of having students come back, wearing makeup again, and generally feeling busy and needed by people over 3-years-old.  I'll feel terrible in a week when I'm ready to stay home again. I know I will. But right this very minute, I'm over summer.

As much as I love being a stay-at-home mom all summer, I think I really fit the "working mom" mold better. I like that mix of professional life and children. I miss that by the end of summer.

Do all moms feel this way when school starts again? Relief that the kids are back, the season is changing -  mixed with extreme guilt for feeling that way?