No, not me. My oldest son. He’s in a year-round school so our short (but long enough!) summer break is quickly winding down. We didn’t do any of the fun things we planned on…no summer learning adventures this year. We did make it to the zoo a couple of times and he spent almost a week in Tennessee with my mom, brother, and sister-in-law. They did lots of fun things together that we just couldn’t afford to do with him ourselves. But no museum, no day trips to the beach, nothing fun like we did last year. I feel bad about this. It’s mostly my fault. The only days I feel up to doing things like this are Mondays and Fridays because of my class schedule. And every week, those 2 days pass without us doing anything. Partly because I’m a poor planner and partly because we’re just flat broke.
But next week (assuming the unemployment glitch gets straightened out and we get our money we’ve missed for the past 2 weeks) we are driving to the beach for the day. I will drag my lazy tail out of bed at o’darkthirty, make sandwiches, pack sunblock, and hit the road for a day in the sun. It will be our last hurrah before school starts again and our time together is lost to the demands of homework and extracurricular activities.
Now I’m just praying for sun and for that money to come through. This is my last chance for the summer, and I don’t want anything to mess it up!
I am the Mama » Deliberate Joy
July 16, 2010 at 9:37 pm
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