I know that, for those of you who do not work in education, there is the notion that teachers have summer "vacations" that extend for months. It is true that I don't have to be back in my classroom until late in August. On the other hand, I tend to store up a long list of "projects" and things to do through the school year in anticipation of these long, less structured summer days. So, lest some of you are worried that I am just sitting here "eating bon-bons," here's a partial rendering of my summer "to-do" list:

• Get Himself ready to go to work each morning (instead of leaving Him here on His own as I do throughout the school year)
• Two week science teacher workshop/seminar (done)
• Clean the carpets
• Get a library card
• Eye doctor
• Leisure reading
• Find a new gynecologist and make an appointment
• File ALL the stuff
• Volunteer work for Master's agency
• Get the car serviced
• Organize my science lessons in line with the new textbook I just got
• Exercise (in progress)
• Swim a lot
• Organize His piles/collections
• Get a colonoscopy
• Get a mammogram (done)
• Clean the patio (repeatedly to keep the creepy crawlies at bay)
• Seal the new patio rockers
• Re-seal the tile in the shower
• Clean the refrigerator (inside and out)
• Clean the oven
• Plant some more of the garden (done)
• Clean the pantry (done)
• Clean the storage room (done)
• Clean the garage (done)
• Re-organize the exercise/junk room
• Get my sore elbow (tendonitis) healed up (in progress)

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