For those of you who read my blog, you may have noticed that it's been awhile since I updated. Well, I figured out today, I've only had 3 days off since I moved home...and I started working the morning after the evening that I arrived back from Seattle! So, it's been a busy summer thus far. Work, work, work, and one day I woke up, and it was July!
Luckily, this is going to be a fantastic 3 day weekend! (And the only one of the summer, at that.) I started it off by spending the night at my dear friend Olivia's house, and then was picked up by my dad and lil sister and we went on a marvelous hike around Oaks Bottom Park. With the morning sunlight, the trees, the sparkling spider webs, and the pollen that was gently blanketing everything, it was really beautiful and relaxing. (It was also nice to have ENERGY for something like that, since teaching kids for 6 hours a day is really quite exhausting!) The bridge picture above is from my hike. :)
In other news, my swim team has reached a new record - over 120 swimmers! We barely reached the 100 mark last summer, and before that numbers hovered around 70 0r 80, so this is huge for us. And we don't really fit in the pool, so while I am celebrating, I am also scrambling to figure out a creative solution so everyone can swim (and everyone means swim team, lap swimmers, swim lesson kids, and lifeguards/swim instructors during inservice days, oh my!). It was all worth it, though, when I received my first paycheck of the summer.
I've also been having a blast garage sale-ing. Where else can you find mugs for 5 cents or picture frames for a dollar? The beautiful summer weather here (90 degrees all week!) has really cooperated with these wonderful sales, and I've been collecting things that I can use for decoratinng my floor next year, making birthday presents, and putting together art projects.
Well that's the scoop, folks! Happy 4th.
