Once upon a time there was an adult. They were the most adulty adult in the room. They were also exhausted. You could see it on their face, you could hear it in their voice, and you could certainly see it in the eggy bread they had decided was a good enough dinner today.

For the life of them they didn’t know why they were so tired. They were getting the usual amount of sleep and they were no longer having to juggle childcare which is a nightmare for so many parents in the Summer holidays.

Then they remembered that
– transitions are hard for grown ups, even the most adulty adult of grown ups.
– returning to the term time schedule is wanted, but still hard to do
– it is OK to be kind to themself
– soon it will be more familiar and therefore easier
– a good enough dinner is better than no dinner

Long ago they learned that the most adulty adult in the room should be strong and strict and not show any weakness, but they decided that it is load of codswallop so they sat down with their kids and said

WOAH! September is rough. Getting back to school is tough for all of us, isn’t it. I bet by the end of the month we won’t even remember how tired we are right now. Let’s check back in then to make sure all of the big problems have gone away or been solved.

Then the most adulty adult in the room kissed their kid’s heads, complimented them for their ability to roll with the punches and drank in the warmth of the hug that followed.