You know it's time for your kids to go back to school when you....

• think you might have played monopoly for a total of 8 hours today and the Christmas tree is still up in the livingroom and the ornaments didn't make it anywhere but off the couch


• didn't shower until 430 this afternoon, which was about an hour before your husband was coming home from work


• didn't give the kids lunch, but gave them a snack of coffee cake and milk


• can't remember all the shit you're supposed to do, but know the rules to Candyland by heart


• have seen Elmo's Christmas 47 times and still think Elmo's the most annoying little red piece of fuzzy ever


• realize your own room is thrashed and has remained thrashed for at least 3 weeks running


• go hunting for duct tape, when the kids ask for tape because you think you'd like to restrict their movement a little


• have a headache and are just too damned lazy to walk down the hall and find the bottle of ibuprofen


• swear if you hear the kids bouncing about the house excitedly telling you about the various details of the current state of snow flurries outside that you'll stuff one of them in a snow bank


• are looking forward to taking your classes and working