Summer Time

I am finally a teacher. I managed to survive my first year teaching 7th grade ELA and Reading. Yes, I forgot until now that in middle school they separate English into two subjects. It creates an interesting conundrum and it means seeing the same kids two or more times a day sometimes. That is alright though. It also means fewer names to learn and more to keep me busy.

Now however it is summer. I was so excited for it. I had big plans. So many big plans. Lots of traveling, lots of swimming, some hiking, some 5ks, some work, some reading, some writing. I thought, "Man I haven't had time off in such a long time! I think I will take this time and enjoy it." HA!

I never realized until now how bad I am at relaxing. I am terrible at it. I am also terrible at self-motivating. I can not for the life of me maintain a decent sleep schedule. Sometimes I get up at 5:30 easy as pie and other days I can't manage to open my eyes before 10 am. I thought I would have a routine by now. A decent amount of time to devout to everything I wanted to accomplish! Ha! Not at all. I make plans. I do housework. If there are no plans or I do not feel like doing housework because of the heat then I stay at home and read or watch a movie. Most days the only time I get out of the house is when I go eat lunch with Garrett in the parking lot at his work.

I am enjoying a lot of it. I have read 5 books. I have been to Martha's Vineyard. I went to Damarscotta Lake State Park. Garrett and I went to Fort Knox and to see Buck's Grave. We went to Old Orchard Beach. We found two nice places to swim near here and have been to one frequently. We celebrated my birthday and have been visited by friends from out of town.

I think Garrett is getting tired of me being home though. He enjoys having me here when he gets home. But he gets home and it's like I have been waiting for him all day. Cause I have. He is exhausted and just wants to relax. I'm not. I am bored out of my mind.

Garrett says I need more friends to spend time with. My friends say I need a new hobby to keep me busy. I think it might be a little of both. Or maybe I should have taken a summer job after all.