Happy Sunday! As we enter our last week of summer vacation, things are settling down into a state of readiness. School bags are packed; the schedules are set. We have bus route times, daycare arrangements, and everything else necessary to ensure a successful school year. If this state of preparedness could only last all year long, life would be great.
We did have a much quieter week this past week. Connor had two-a-day cross-country practices this week, as well as freshman orientation. He is definitely enjoying getting back to running with friends and is about as ready for high school as anyone can be. His first cross-country meet is this Wednesday. Considering he is the only freshman on the team with competition experience thanks to his seventh grade team in Ohio, we have high expectations for him and know he is going to impress his coaches.
The rest of the week did not deviate from the summer schedule. Dance classes and long work hours kept us busy for the week. On Friday night, we hosted good friends/riding partners/neighbors for dinner. Tonight is the neighborhood block party, always a great opportunity to get together and share updates. For the most part though, it has been a fairly quiet weekend as I think we all take advantage of the last weekend before school and football and everything else on our calendars this fall.
My giveaway of two copies of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt is still open through the end of this week! If you are interested, please check out the rules and enter today!
I also deviated from the norm this week with a special guest post from Mary Simses, author of The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop and Cafe. Ms. Simses shared with readers some of her passions and similarities between her character, Ellen, and herself. Check it out!
Books reviewed this week:
- The Affairs of Others by Amy Grace Lloyd
- A Fatal Likeness by Lynn Shepherd
- The Returned by Jason Mott
I hope everyone has a relaxing Sunday and is able to enjoy these last few days of summer. Have a great day, and happy reading!
I am SO looking forward to school starting. The summer is always so willy nilly around here. I miss the scheduled days of fall. Whooo hooo!
Our summer has been so hectic, I don’t see school helping all that much. Although I am looking forward to knowing that the kids are in school rather than getting into trouble at home. Of course, I lose my house cleaners now, so I’ll have to figure out how to add that back into the schedule. Yuck.
So much easier to keep all of the balls in the air before homework starts playing into the picture and all of the other school activities fill up the schedule, isn’t it?! Good thing you’ve had some time to rest up for the coming months!
There has been no resting. I’m just going to step right into the school year and pray that we can continue the frenzied pace we seem to be living right now. Holly gets a breather for one week before dance starts back up with new classes, but the rest will be status quo. I don’t know whether to be excited, relieved or very, very worried.
My son has his cross country stuff keeping him busy, as well as his choir stuff and student government but the girl is currently without an activity. I need to get her into something. Her show stuff starts in September which conflicted with swim team so we had to skip that.
Holly gets one week off of dance during the first week of school, for which I am so grateful. Going back to school is difficult enough without having to immediately add after-school activities to the mix. Only one week left!