  We bought Rose's new uniforms a couple of days ago. The girls went to the dentist today (five cavities for Rose? eeek!). Schoolbooks have been arriving for days from used book sellers around the country. Rose's friends are asking Hannah nervous questions about starting high school.
Complaining has begun about the terrible choices for required summer reading (Of Mice and Men, My Antonia ... ick!). The girls are getting glummer every day. This year our summer ends August 16 when the dioscean schools start. This has been a great summer. Not only have we had wonderful travels but there are those lazy evenings of card games (although you can't call our card games lazy ... they're frenetic) or walking the dogs or watching a movie a week or having Alias watching parties when so much talking is going on that there is no way anyone could hear the TV.
Certainly I'm going to miss having the dishes washed by someone else every evening. That's my summer treat because usually there is too much homework to force "my slaves" to do such things. Two more summer weeks to treasure ... that almost makes me look forward to seeing "I Robot" today! 
