MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

Summer, sigh...

I know some people say that Labor Day brings the end of summer, but I know it's not really true. Well, the kids will go back to school on Tuesday but the weather will stay nice for awhile (knock on wood!). I'm sitting in front of my computer by the window and it's feeling stiffling in here, but we now have to keep all the windows shut or open just a crack. Jinx, our huge black cat (he's a lean 1 year old but a big panther-like creature) has figured out how to bust out of the screens on our house. We're determined to keep him an indoor cat for many reasons, but he is not on board with that program. So, until we buy more heavy-duty screens or something, we can't throw open the windows wide.

As for summer, ours was low-key. The kids had classes in the middle of the summer-- online gym and health classes for the twins and the classroom portion of driver's ed. They have their permits now but haven't really wanted to drive yet. Maybe after behind-the-wheel. Younger DS had some fun summer school classes, movie-making and volleyball. And the kids all had sail-boat lessons, which luckily I'd paid for in the spring...

We went on a little 3-day trip to Two Harbors and had a nice time reconnecting with Lake Superior and the beauty of nature up there. That was our only trip out of town this summer, since DH lost his job at the beginnng of summer and we knew (and it was) almost impossible for him to find a job in the summer. We're hoping September is the month. But we've been managing to survive, which is amazing... he's had some little teaching jobs to patch us through and we've just been spending as little as possible.

We did get to do some of the traditional summer fun stuff-- Renaissance Festival, State Fair, going to the beach at Lakes Nokomis and Harriet, picnics, backyard bonfires, stuff like that. Now that it's Labor Day weekend, I'm reminded that there's more of that I'd like to do, and if I want to do it, it had better be soon!

And I wrote a children's book manuscript on a very tight deadline this summer. A lot of it was written while I sat beside Lake Harriet as the kids took their sail boat lessons, and that is a very good memory for me! I was really pleased with the draft I wrote, and now a publisher is looking at it. We'll see how that one goes.

Tuesday will bring the shool year, junior year for the twins, a new school and 7th grade for younger DS, and more time to work on my writing and starting to write for money for me. And hopefully job prospect for DH. I'm excited to see what the new school year brings. It always feels like a fresh clean start, with the new notebooks and pencils.

And now to pet the mournful Jinx who is meowing and moping around the house...

Posted by sapphire at September 2, 2007 1:45 PM