Showing posts with label peonies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peonies. Show all posts

Friday, June 13, 2008

Schools Out!

No more recess
No more books
No more teacher's dirty looks!


I survived the first year of working at school! I LOVE my job. I would be lying if I didn't also admit that I am REALLY glad it's summer vacation time! Working with kids all day can tend to wear a person out and the thought of 3 months of downtime is pure bliss. Of course, my own kids started fighting the first day off.



I caught the blooming of my peonies this year. All three plants bloomed. This was my favorite. They smell so lovely, I wished they bloomed year-round. My gardens are an absolute mess and I don't feel much up to rectifying the situation. I didn't even grow any tomatoes this year.

My garden is a good indicator of how I feel right now. Kind of disjointed and disorganized. With gas being so expensive, and food being so expensive and just life being so expensive it is feeling a bit overwhelming lately. I am trying to take comfort in the fact that everyone is feeling the pinch these days and I am most definitely not alone.

We do have some upcoming fun. This Father's Day we will go to Safeco Field to catch an M's game. I have never been and now that I really understand what is going on in baseball (well, there are a few rules on outs and stuff that I don't quite get yet) I am really looking forward to it. T's Cub Scout group was given tickets from a generous company here in our town so that all the boys could go and take their families.

As to my other summer plans, I am going to try to learn to use my camera, clean out closets, clean up my craft space and keep up with my Weight Watchers. That's been a struggle lately. We have been eating a lot of junk during baseball season and I am trying to kick myself back into gear to lose weight.

I will write more when I am more coherent. I'm just feeling very disjointed today.