Summer Dreams

That time of year has come around yet again, when the thoughts of all teachers, young and old, turn from thoughts of rubrics and exemplars to thoughts of camping and canoeing (in Canada, anyway).

Side note, I really have to laugh here, as my thoughts have never before turned to camping and canoeing. Too much of a city slicker. They always went to espadrilles and barbecues. But this summer, camping and canoeing all the way, baby! Although I might have a pair of espadrilles still tucked away in the "city clothes" boxes somewhere.

So, this teacher is starting to make summer plans. Now that we are a 2-teacher household the summer holidays has an increased lure of yard-duty-free mornings and marking-free evenings. Hmmm, that sounds so blissful!

Anyway, we are planning to head south again to do a tour of the beloved ones down there. We are planning to take it a little more leisurely this year; no mad dashes down in time for Father's Day. We learned a lot from our mistakes last year and will keep our trip to under a month for the sake of our own sanity.

We also want to take a little time for some holiday time as a nuclear family unit. Got to get that camping in to maintain our Canadian citizenship.