Basement

Don't know why I am going public with this except that I have some strange notion that it will hold me accountable to follow thought  (Yah, right... all I have to do is post later... nope that ain't gonna happen... and no more accountability...hahaha)   Anyhow, in a fit of spare time and energy yesterday I actually started sorting through the basement.  Now we are talking years of hoarding past memories down there!  We have old computers... maybe even every one we've ever owned...including one signed by the Apple crew.  We also have all my old teaching supplies and units from years of working.... that's what I'm tackling at the moment.  First goal is to cull the herd!  I have a goal to make one box out of every two or three.  This will be the first pass through.  I figure I can go through the boxes, throw away tons and keep the essentials, label the boxes, and actually put them on shelves.  As I begin to organize, the theory is that the project will take on a life of it's own. The goal here is to tame the basement monster and actually create the illusion of clutter control! Some people plan summer trips, summer reading lists, summer menus, and summer activities..... well... this is my summer goal.  Wish me motivation!!!!!!!

Transitions

Transitions can be funny, frightening, fearful, fantastic, or fulfilling.  (And that folks is called alliteration!...not really done on purpose but when it started to appear I just ran with it!) My life is in full fledged transition from winter schedule to summer schedule.  Since I tutor, my life still revolves around the school calendar. During the winter the work portion of my day is afternoon and early evening.  Now that school is out, the work portion of my day is mainly mornings and early afternoon.  This flip in the schedule does weird things to my thought process due to routines being disrupted and reformed in other ways.  Summer is also looser and varied because of vacations and camps which make my schedule flexible weekly and sometimes daily.  Sooooooo... when you ask about making plans or ask what is going on... I really have no idea! It's not really a senior moment (but could be) but rather, I freakin don't know... it's written down somewhere ...if I can find my written schedule.  Use my phone scheduler... yep, that works if I enter the data and continue to change it...but sometimes that goal doesn't happen either.  My schedule can change in a moment with a cancellation or even an addition... hey...it's summer...let's roll with it!

Summer !!!!

So excited... we had snow for soooooooo long that we didn't get much of spring around here.  In fact, I think we had one whole day of spring.  It was like Pooof!  Spring.... and then summer started.  Ended up leaving for San Diego just as summer started here.  The weather in San Diego was nice and had warm afternoons and cool breezes from the ocean in the morning and evening.  But, nothing compares to the wild temperature ranges in Colorado.  This week has certainly been SUMMER!!! Total sleeveless and shorts and barefoot summer!  Loving it but.... now can someone tell me how to turn the heat thermostat to A/C?  It's like 74 degrees in the house and that's nice but a little A/C would be nice in the afternoon!  Installed the new thermostat this winter and it has saved us a bunch... but just realized that we have no idea how to switch it over.  Just another sweaty learning curve!