Vacation begins tomorrow!

That probably sounds a little funny from a teacher who has been out of school since mid-June but I need a vacation. Correction, we need a vacation. Amy and I are looking forward to a full week together with no work. If it’s anything like the week we spent together at Christmas we won’t ever want to go back to work.

I had no idea that my first summer off as a teacher would be so busy. Last summer I got my first teaching job but had to work until school began. In fact, I worked two jobs running from summer school to my customer service job. I thought with all my extra time I would be able to do some of the things I wanted to do including working more on this blog. Now it’s two weeks until teachers report (okay, a little less than three weeks) and I’m wondering where the summer went.

I taught summer school again in the morning for the first five weeks. The afternoons were spent running errands for the most part including going to the chiropractor for the first time. Over the July 4 weekend we deconstructed and reconstructed the half bath on our main floor. You’ll find the story of that tiling adventure on Amy’s blog–I’ve teased her that I get to do the work and she gets to blog about it.

Once summer school ended I went to work on our basement project–I think she’s going to blog about that too. Now instead of running errands in the afternoon, I’m running them in the morning. The afternoons have been dedicated to making our mjbasement room into a more comfortable living space. The grid for the ceiling tiles went up today but the tiles are waiting for Uncle Jon to get the new lighting in. Carpeting (or carpet squares) and some trim will finish the project. The project has been a lot of work but Amy keeps telling me how great the space will be when we’re done.

But for now, I need a vacation and even though we won’t be away for all of it, we will both take time away from our work and enjoy the days surrounding our 21st anniversary.

Hopefully we’ll see more of you again when we get back.