Jet Lagged and Late for School

When we planned our trip to California, I'm sure we looked at the school schedule and allowed plenty of time to get home, get unjetlagged, shop for supplies, and do the laundry. But something went terribly wrong. The day before we left, someone mentioned that school at CFCI starts on the 21st. What!?

So we went back to the Web site and looked and a NEW calendar said, sure enough, school started on the 21st. So we had to do our back-to-school shopping in San Francisco. That was sort of fun since we got some neat lunch box stuff in Japan Town.

But getting home at 1am the night before school started was another matter. We were very late for school on the first day. (I can still feel the evil eye I got from the school staff.) Even today, the kids went off looking confused and shell-shocked because their body clocks were still telling them it was 4am when I hauled them out of bed at 7. Our living room looks like it's been shelled, my brain feels soggy, and we had to scrape lunches together from canned beans, croutons, and boiled squid in a can. Not pretty. Not even in those cute Japanese containers.

Who do I write a strongly worded letter about this? Why did they steal 5 days of our summer? Where is the complaint department? How did this happen to us?

On a more positive note, I have stuff for you: I am giving away a sweet Sony digital picture frame on my other blog GeekGirlfriends.com. And my favorite cosmetics and lotion supplier is also offering this cool giveaway. It's not as cool as the one at GeekGirlfriends.com but check it out: