Today is the last day of school!!! No more getting up early, scrambling to get clothes washed the night before and nagging about homework and grades.
The kiddo is not one of those kids who gets bored after a week of summer and is ready for school again. She soaks in every last minute of it. She’s ready to have friends over, hang out at the pool and watch movies with me until late at night.
And I am excited to have someone help me around here with my furniture projects. The kid is turning out to be a not-half-bad painter.
Speaking of the unnamed child, we are going to be the worst parents on the planet (according to her) because we are making her get a job this summer. Last summer she did some babysitting, but it was pretty infrequent — and she isn’t very maternal (which is a little concerning). So she has started filling out applications. So far they have all been to food establishments: bakeries, yogurt shops, or smoothie shops. I am hoping that she realizes you cannot just sit around eating during your shift.
One thing I have been excited about lately is yard sale season. We have city wide yard sales around my neck of the woods. A city wide yard sale is when an entire town will all open up their garages at the same time for hundreds of yard sales, all on the same weekend. I love being able to just drive up and down the streets, going from sale to sale and not have to hunt down locations like I normally do. Having so many sales at once means you have to be quick. You have to do a lot of scanning, and determine which has potential and which doesn’t.
I love the thrill of the hunt!
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