It's August..................

Summer in the Pacific Northwest is always a mixed bag, but this summer has been especially schizo--cooler temps than normal, cloudier than usual.....just wanted a real summer--heat, sun, you know, SUMMER? Oh well, at least the time off is the same, rain or shine.  I have oodles of time on my hands because I'm a teacher, and well, one of our perks is to have summers off.  That's not to say we teachers don't work during the summer--we just don't work the 8 - 5 job--we have to be more disciplined than that and set our own work hours.  Which means that most mornings I wake up about 8:00, luxuriating in the fact that I don't have to get up at all.  But I do--my coffee is waiting for me, thanks to my lovely husband who hears me padding down the stairs, barely awake.  Ah, the morning if off to a great start.  Then, it's choice time--do I watch the Today show for awhile, do laundry (or other housework) and then turn my attention to planning my courses for the coming year, or do I work first and relax later.  Decisions, decisions....Life is tough when you're a teacher.  Having the time off to think and plan is vital to good teaching, so thank goodness for this time--but wait, is that the sun I see peeking through the high clouds? Where did I put that sunscreen?