We can finally start looking forward to the vacation. For so long, we were concentrating on the end of the school year routine, finishing projects, correcting papers and tests, completing report cards, filling out spreadsheets, talking to principals and specialists, writing recommendations for a student teacher, contacting parents, discussing curriculum and schedule changes for the fall, and planning for the impact of government cuts to funding, faculty, and equipment. And all the while teaching students that are frenzied with warmer weather, increased hormones, feelings of seniority and superiority, and impending vacation!
But today is Saturday and there are no classes on Monday. School is out. In all honesty, this is the time of year when I ponder putting aside the agrarian notion of a school year that lasts from August to June and adopting a year-round school year with staggered breaks. I really think that the state of education would benefit from it. But not this year. I'll set that thought aside for now - we're on summer vacation!!!
Okay. Three days is not a lot of time to prepare for three-and-a-half weeks overseas. In that time frame, we have a wedding reception, Gourmet Club, Pentecost, and a graduation and confirmation party. Oh yeah, and we both need to get our Wisconsin teaching licenses renewed and we're going to join the Snap Fitness gym because we had email Groupon deal. Tick tick tick. The clock is ticking and there is not as much time as I'd like to get all of that (and packing!) done. But I think that I'll use two different strategies here. 1. Make lists. 2. Take pride in the things that have been accomplished. Breathe in. Breathe out. It will all get done, we will have a safe trip, and it will all work out! Because if I get hung up on the details and not enjoy the time that I'm spending on this vacation, the vacation will pass all too quickly and then the doors will open and we'll be using those three dreaded words once again. (Shhhhh - back to school - shhhhh.)
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