Today was the first day back to school after a long Christmas break. As a night owl and with one child who is a night owl these morning are not easy for us. This morning wasn't too bad though. I hauled my sorry butt out of bed almost on time in spite of the fact that Roo had me up for awhile last night going back and forth from our bed to his. Usually on a first day back kind of morning I don't even attempt to take a shower, I get up, dress quickly, hope my hair doesn't look too greasy and get on with it. This morning I actually got a shower. D* got himself ready as he was supposed to though he did grumble about it and was not behaving particularly well, he still did what needed to be done. I think it helped that I did my best to control my own crankiness. Okay so it meant I did little talking this morning, but at least there was no yelling! Most importantly we got to school on time, a great accomplishment for us any day. I give us a gold star. Cause no one else will.