Oh Nooooo!

I can not believe it! It can not be! I was busy playing with Maggie in my mother-in-law's pool and it hit me! (Pretty Hard, I might add) that summer is is almost over! Now don't get me wrong I have done almost everything we had planned. Maggie has attended summer camp (Day camp at TBarM was awesome!) We visited my oldest sister and her family. (This is always a favorite for Maggie. She loves her cousins dearly.)Maggie and I were a part of the church's summer musical. (She had one of the three lead roles and she sang one of the most beautiful solo's I have ever heard!)I am working getting a clip of the solo on the blog soon. We have gone to the movies, gone swimming almost everyday (You may not believe it but the daughter of the two whitest people on earth has a tan! She is a beautiful honey gold right now.) Maggie has become a HUGE Star Wars fan! At this point she has all six movies memorized and she has begun scouring the library for the paperback books. I have caught up on my reading as well. One of my students last year recommended the novel Twilight before the end of the school year. Well I loved it! (The book is actually a part of a four book series and I have read the three books and I am looking forward to the release of the fourth book.)Darrel finished his traveling for work in June and as much as I hate to say it, we have decided against ant big traveling this summer. Too expensive with gas prices the way they are.
Basically I have no regrets. But seriously, I had no idea how close I was to returning to school. August seems to fill up so fast! The first week I am in a required training for four days. (Maggie is excited because we decided to send her back to Day Camp.) The following week, I will be teaching a to day seminar for research (unless it is cancelled due a lack of people willing to give up the summer. Do I blame them. The third week of August it is back to work full time! I will hire a sitter for Maggie and return to school. I love that time of year but it is truly hard to let go of the sunny warm days of summer. I am looking forward to A tradition Maggie and I started the month before kindergarten. On of the days before going back to work she and I dress up and head over to the tea room in Gruene and enjoy a special lunch. Afterward we head out to buy her school supplies and her first day of school outfit. This has become a really special day for us.
I guess I can not put it off any longer. I will put the finishing touches on a curriculum for a new course I am teaching. I will begin the prep work for my first week of school and I will hold tight to every drop of the luscious summer sun! For those of you that look forward to sending your little ones back to school I am sorry that the school year can not arrive any sooner! But for those of us that tend to relish every waking summer day and the promises of something new I thank you for the break from teaching! I truly believe that the extended time off makes me a better teacher!