So Long Lazy Days!

Today is my last true day of summer. Nothing on the docket that truly needs to be accomplished, no deadlines in the classroom, just one last lazy day. The school year is such a crush of activity: sports, clubs, projects, grading, books to be read, meetings to attend. At the start of summer, I was simply exhausted and committed myself to a summer of reconnecting with the important people and places in my life.

I didn't teach a single class. It was a little odd. I didn't go to any district events. It was very quiet.

I set time every morning to sit on my front porch. My flowers lived all summer long (instead of dying two weeks after Mother's Day). Each day started off slowly and finally I felt my blood pressure start to slow and the stress of the year slip away.

Midsummer I took a two week class in Baltimore. Normally I don't travel alone for such a long amount of time, but it fit right in with my theme for the season: reconnecting. I miss travelling and I love new places. Baltimore was a great adventure of learning and spending time with one of my favorite people. As a special perk, we took a quick tour of DC without our typical 54 friends. I can't wait to bring them back this October!

For most of August, I powered through my summer reading list determined to put a dent in my TBR list of simply amazing books. Time well spent.

One of my favorite evenings was my daughter's sixteenth birthday. She just happened to be born in the middle of the Perseid meteor shower. Every year we wake up in the middle of the night to watch the meteors. Most years it is just the two of us as the boys don't have a whole lot of interest in stargazing. This year, to my great delight the whole family, dogs included, spent a little time reclining in the yard checking out the meteors.

So as I head back to the classroom, I don't really have anything exciting to share about my summer. But it was full of magical, lazy days.