40 days left?

We received a letter home from kindergarten last week.  The letter looked like any of the other letters that we've  gotten from our little community school.  I sat down to read about the past week's progress and there, glaring back at me, I read, "There are only 40 more days of school left.  This year has passed quickly!"  

Gulp

Now, to most people, they would have taken it in stride.  For the rest of the day, I kept repeating that sentence in my head and then started the conclusions:

 1st day of kindergarten, Fall 09

• "She's almost in first grade."  
• "Next year will go by even quicker because she'll be busier." 
• "Then she won't need me." 
• "Before I know, she'll be in fourth grade!  Then Sydney will be in KINDERGARTEN!" 

Then, I decide it's a great idea to look at some old pictures (while listening to Elizabeth Mitchell) and then, of course...the tears start to flow (and flow and flow and flow).   "When will this get easier?"  I think to myself.  "When will I not be so sad that another year is flying by?"  (I hear those people everywhere in my head saying, "when she's a teenager."  Really though, I can't imagine a time when I won't be a basketcase and miss every little piece of these early and special years.  They go by SO quickly.  Then I'm reminded of one of my very favorite quotes, "The only thing more fleeting than Summer is childhood."  

Yikes....I think I need to wrap this up and go listen to somemore Elizabeth Mitchell....