Summertime

Happy Monday and Happy Cinco de Mayo to everyone! My apologies for not getting to the blog Friday – instead I ended up spending the majority of the afternoon having an emergency dental appointment. By the time two teeth were no longer attached to my jaw (and one of them broke in the process, bringing about something akin to mining for gold), I wasn't feeling like doing much. And I had enough novocaine in me that talking wasn't really an option. After recuperating and taking antibiotics for a few days, I feel much better than I had been for awhile.

After the cool days last week, we're back to warm – our outside thermometer says we're in the mid 80's. The air hasn't been turned on in the building yet, so we're trying everything we can think of to stay comfortable. If someone hadn't used the stovetop and the oven today, it probably would have stayed a bit cooler in here. But, the food was good.

After not accomplishing anything Friday and taking it easy over the weekend, I finally made myself sit down and write that paper for my class. It was the one thing standing between me and another completion certificate from Coursera. Don't get me wrong, I'd highlighted my notes and done some research. And I had a pretty good idea of how I wanted things to flow. It was just a matter of actually doing it.

Whenever I talk about this, I can just hear my kids commenting on how I always stayed after them to do their homework and not put things off until the last minute. I'm sure they're doing the same song and dance now with the teenagers. But it must be strange to them to have their mom procrastinating on homework.

I'm going to take a break from further learning for awhile. There aren't any classes starting soon that interest me, and I might as well focus somewhere else for awhile. Summer can always bring more time with the grandkids, more activities in general, and some vacation time. We're gearing up for a trip to Oregon in August to help hubby's mom celebrate her 90^th birthday (which is also the same day as their 65^th wedding anniversary). That will be a fun time. I've started monitoring the airline sites, hoping to find that perfect flight at a reasonable cost. Actually, I will be quite happy to find anything that departs and arrives at reasonable hours and only has one plane change.

Younger daughter is settling in at her new job, though she found the down side to it on Friday – having a fire drill when you work on the 30^th floor. It's a good thing Friday is casual wear......that was a lot of steps. Older daughter is happy having annual MAP testing out of the way for her 5^th graders. She has the May calendar posted in her room and is counting down the days left in this school year. This is coupled with all the end-of-year activities for the 5-year-old whirlwind, which ends with Preschool Graduation on the 14^th.

Both granddaughters will have dance recitals in June – we hope to attend both of them. They can be long, but they are fun to watch. I'm not sure if either of the boys has summer plans, other than perfecting their driving skills before their late summer birthdays.

Summers always seem like such busy times, no matter what age you are.