Thursday, August 26, 2010

Goodbye Summer?

Today is cloudy and cool. That was fine by me. Lately it has been hot. I had to be inside today. Of course, I had to be inside on the hot days also. I wonder if this means a farewell to summer. Maybe it is only temporary. It is challenging to predict the weather here. Mostly it tends to get hot after school starts. For us that will be on Monday, August 30th. It seems early. Definitely earlier than last year. Much earlier than the year before when our school district was on strike. I have mixed feelings about the start of school. No more sleeping in on weekdays. Not like we sleep in on that many of them. However, a lazy weekday will be unheard of once school begins. I will very likely be working full-time in the near future. The start of school will then mean less time at home for me. Activities start and the kids go here and there and everywhere. I am trying to keep up on my writing project. My friend that I am doing it with/for is counting on me. I like the project. It has been hard to fit it in during the summer. The school year has more structure. Will is be easier then? That remains to be seen? The weather is cooler...the leaves are not yet changing...I saw a strange sight today, I was driving in an older neighborhood in the city and all of the leaves from last Fall were still all over the sidewalks. It was an eerie sight, almost like the seeing a ghost of Falls past. I bet that we will still see sunny weather. I bet that the kids will start the school year in shorts. I bet that I will get organized, come this Fall.

2 comments:

Kristi said...

Fall is my most favorite time of year!! I currently have visions of leaves, pumpkins, cool breezes...ahhh, I can *almost* feel it. But I'm betting you're right...we still have a bit of the summer left before we get there.

Good luck on your writing project and the start of another hectic school year!

Megs said...

A Ghost of Falls Past...
I love that sentence Karen!
Thank you for having our E!
She has loved being with you.
May the goodbyes be beautiful and not too sad, and may we all be together again soon...
...in Morocco?
Love M