Getting Ready for School

This  year I have two, count them two, headed off to school.  Sue will be joining Caitlyn at her elementary school.

Unfortunately Sue is not yet exctied.  She is going to do so well.  Really.

Thankfully we have lots of hand-me-downs for both of the girls, so we don’t have to do a lot of school shopping–clothing wise, but wow, the actual school supply list is crazy.

Between the two of them, not including what I have already purachased, I still need:

• 2 reams of paper
• 3 boxes of kleenex
• 2 boxes of snack bags
• 1 box freezer bags
• 2 boxes baby wipes
• 2 rolls of paper towel
• 4 large containers anti-bacterial wipes
• 1 mini memo pad
• 1 large eraser
• 3 black dry erase markers
• 1 yellow highlighter
• 4 2-pocket folders
• 2 spiral notebooks
• 3×5 index cards
• 1 bag of cotton balls
• 1 pencil box

 At first I was just frustrated with all I had to buy, but lately I have gotten sad about it.  Sad that we are purchasing things that used to be provided.  Sad that things have gotten so tight financially for the classes that they need us to buy the wipes to clean the tables.  Sad that if we didn’t buy these things then the teacher would have to.  It is just sad.

What thing has recently struck you as sad?  What just pulls at  your heart?