As hectic as an all indoor day can be, they atleast sat still to watch the Super Mario Bros movie in the late afternoon. We did don our rain gear to venture outdoors a few times, but nothing like we’d do on any given sunny summer day. Nobody got hurt (that I know of) and no major fights among the kids. We did swap one child over to a big kid bed which caused a fuss, but that was to be expected. Kids and change go together like fire & ice. Otherwise – all good.
We have officially passed the halfway point of summer break. Five weeks down, with four (mostly) left to go. Almost into double digit days of August. Where does the time go. Some fairly major changes have occurred too. A summer to remember, for all the wrong reasons.
Looking to next week we start having appointments again. Friends to see, and in my case work to be completed. I believe I have four new sizable projects to do for the rest of August, and into early September. I wonder if all my projects will taper off in early November, or if I’ll go full tilt right up to the new year. Difficult to tell at this point. Last year there was a mad dash for events to get some marketing surveys done before the year was out. I have no idea if that was a one off, or if that is usually how things go now. The times, they are a changing.
Soon we’ll need to go and buy new indoor & outdoor shoes for both kids. Backpacks, paper, pencils and markers. Scissors, erasers, rulers and so much more. Glue sticks, and hole punches, white out – oh my! Those “See you in September ” back to school ads will roll out on the television. Radio ads announcing tech & clothing sales will start to dominate the airwaves. Preroll ads for Staples with Howie Mandell chatting to mom’s about backpacks will be unskippable before every children’s video on YouTube. Much to my kids dismay. Tis the season to send our kids back to school. I’ll need to order more masks for the kids since nobody does anything about Covid anymore. Especially not the school. While good hygiene is important, and I appreciate the hand washing focus, cleaner air, and reduced airborne pathogen transmission would be greatly appreciated too. But I digress.
Happy Tuesday.
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