Ok. let me clarify...

It's possible that my last post was a tad, er, ungrateful. Summer is critical for kids. I have many happy memories of summers swimming, camping and road trips with my family and playing in the sun with my friends. And, I reduced my work schedule this summer to a 3-day week so that I could spend time hanging with my girls.  So to make things clear: summer is still awesome. But, well, read on...it sometimes is a real pain in the arse for the working parent...