It’s been a whirlwind of a summer. We’ve been non-stop since my kids finished school. There’s been something going on everyday and it seems that some days we have to schedule in the time to breath.
My husband ran summer school again this year – 5 weeks of summer school while also tending to some of his regular administrative duties. Big snag this year: his summer school secretary quit. 3 business days before summer school was scheduled to begin and not having done the work that needed to be done before she left. This is where I step in and I had 5 1/2 weeks of busy work. It was fun to be working again, particularly in an environment dealing with a lot of people. There were many stressful moments but overall, I enjoyed myself. And after 2+ years of no steady income the paycheck didn’t hurt either.
My older son had to attend summer school this year. Freshman year was somewhat difficult for him and the result was summer school for him. Two classes and then football practice after school. Those were very long days for him, from 7:30 am to 6 or 7 pm he was at school. This summer he also turned 15 (now I feel old) and got his ears pierced. He’s been wanting to pierce his ears for over a year now and it finally worked out for him. His football team went to football camp in Lake Tahoe for three days, he had a great time which I’m happy about. Now he’s trying to complete the required community service hours before football practice starts again on August 9th. He’s also attending wrestling practice, he wrestled for the school in the winter and then continued with freestyle wrestling in the spring. He wasn’t able to participate much during the summer due to football practice.
Our little one went to sport camp. He absolutely loves it at camp, this was his second summer attending. He got to play sports and games from 9:00 to 2:30, it came him a chance to burn off some energy. That’s always a big plus in my book. The summer wrestling session started too and now he’s going twice a week to learn more technique. He’s been wrestling since the spring freestyle season and he absolutely loves it. He’s ready for 2nd grade and moving to a new school much closer to home.
I’ve been trying to keep up with reading, knitting and my RSS feeds. It’s been a lot to manage with everyone’s schedules but I’m doing the best I can, it’s all I can do.
