Doing What We Do

As the days of summer continue on, Chad and I each still have plenty to accomplish in the home and for our up & coming year of classroom instruction; however, being off the full-time teaching routine in which the community (and colleagues) gather is an odd thing.  While nine months of intense, intense work -- intellectual, psychological, organizational, emotional, and physical (don't forget we stand all day and eat and pee only when the bells permit) -- easily leads to overwhelm by February, the  e x t e n d e d vacation we call summer is rather long, too.  Oh, to have a wee bit more balance between the 9 months of rigid routine and the 3 of flexible, self-driven work throughout the year  .  .  .  but I digress  .  .  .

Anywho, as we hit the uber busy time of transition -- squeeze in at least the toppest (?) of summer priorities while preparing systems and supplies for the impending first day of school -- Chad and I fall to our most natural skill areas.

 
He's got the kids on the beach at Clinton Lake -- all four -- in the hot, hot sun, and the wet, tired, cranky bodies on dank towels to shuffle back home.  I'm putting strategies, supplies, and methods in place for each of the four different little people to be fortified for a new year with nerves reduced, reminders in place, and responsibilities reviewed. 

Have fun in the sun!  Your backpacks are ready!