The Last Day Of School: Are You Prepared?

For some parents, the first day of school is a traumatic event. My wife is an emotional wreck when the kids get on the bus for the first time each fall. On the other time, I celebrate when the kids go back! Especially now that all of them are old enough to get out of the house for the day.

The last day of school is kind of the same thing. Some parents are excited to spend more time... much, much more time with their kids. Other parents stress out about having to deal with the headache of making sure they have sitters lined up for the summer, and enough food in the house to sustain their relentless appetites.

So what kind of parent are you? Do you find yourself on the floor in the fetal position crying your eyes out today, the last day of school? Is it the first day of school that gets your eye leaking? Or are you like my wife, sobbing at the site of any passing school bus?  (Okay, she's not quite THAT bad!)