butterflies

The butterflies have arrived and seem to be residing in my stomach. For some reason, the start of school was all I needed to really feel the pinch of time and now I'm starting to realize all that must be done, all the funds that must be found, all the things that will need to be packed/sold/given away still and I am almost overwhelmed. If it were only preparing for the trip, I'd be fine ( think). But homework has begun for the kids, there's a house to run, 20 lbs. of plums to clean, cut, and freeze, grapes that await their time to be picked, juiced and canned, and a part-time job that is in a state of chaos right now. Just wait until my classes start again in two weeks. I'll be neurotic by mid-October, I'm sure.