Well, summer break is already in full swing, and while it's not been quite as crazy as last summer, it has definitely not been what you might call "laid-back". For those of you that don't already know, Andrew has been in Columbus (Georgia) for the past six weeks so I've been missing him like crazy. My sister in-law and her boyfriend have been keeping me entertained and kept me from being too lonely, but I'm still glad he'll be back in town come Wednesday evening.
I have been in class intermittently since May 25th, so I've been trying to keep up with homework and housework and keeping the garden from going to pot while Andrew is at the other end of the state. I've been doing the wedding and baby shower circuit and loving every minute of it...it's always fun to get together with the people you love to celebrate new seasons in life. In all of this, I've been tagging along house-hunting with my parents, gone to Disney (WOO-HOO), and will be going to Asheville, NC and Florida back-to back.
Even though the summer stays incredibly busy, it's still great to have a mental break from teaching...unless you are a teacher, it's hard to understand how much concentration it takes to plan lessons and make them fun and keep the kids from being crazy all at once. Much as I love it, I also love the built-in vacation time in order to regroup and prepare for the next group of little darlings. One day I'll sit down and write a bunch of stories that all come from teaching elementary school.
With all that said, hopefully this summer I will learn how to keep my blog up to date (sorry, Lindsay for being so delinquent...)! I guess it's like when you buy a brand new diary and fill up ten pages before putting it on the shelf and letting it gather dust.
