Wrapping up summer

The temperature has dropped below 90, the sun sets before bedtime, and thoughts turn to the approaching school year.

Our summer traveling is done, our last trip being a family reunion with All The Cousins.

We plan to start school on Monday, and I've been working hard to recover my school room from Lyme disease disaster hopeless chaos a temporary break from our ordinary schedule.

Sadly, these are actually the "During" pictures.  Not even "Before."

It was rather overwhelming to face it, to be honest.  T minus 6 days and here is where we are now:

Definite improvement.  The goal is in sight.  If I can just get the room organized enough, I'm *sure* all our days will be perfectly orderly.