28 days – That’s a cycle…

Okay,

So someone told me one time that it takes 28 days for a human to accept change.  While I nodded my head with her and agreed, I took her advice like I do with everything I see on Fox news…. with a little bit of apprehension.  With this advice, I made an agreement with myself and all of my personalities that I would keep an open mind with the transition of our oldest daughter to school, to different rules, and to different roles. 

At first I thought that this was going to be all about her, but I quickly realized that it was more about me and the rest of the family re-adjusting to her change.  Bus schedules, night time routines, and homework that would make a younger version of me in her same position stare with amazement; she has been able to pick up her new role faster than I could adjust to it.  I think that most of my problem is being an old man not accepting the reality of change and realizing that his little girl is growing up.

While her first couple of weeks of school were experienced with slight defiance to the rules and procedures of a classroom, she has quickly embraced the difference of a more structured environment and seems to be understanding and, for the lack of a better terms, conforming to what’s required of her to balance a new learning curve while embracing a new social environment.

What does Dad think? He’s still not adjusted to the change..  Why?  Well, ’cause it just doesn’t seem right..’  ‘My daughter in school?’  It just seems like an obtrusive reality that I’m not ready to face… 

28 days to change?!  Really..  Like a Yaz commercial on television, I think that you should talk to your doctor before accepting this new reality, as it may have some side effects..  But, I guess this is the way life works, there are always side effects to everything that we do.  What makes us strong is how we deal with these additional burdens.