Back to School!

Ready for the back-to-school party

The summer that seemed like it would never end has gone too fast. Emily's class had their back-to-school party at Pinstripes last Friday. We went and set up her locker yesterday. Today is the first official day, although it is only a half day. 

1st day of school!

Her schedule involves the usual suspects - art, show choir, English, French, cross country, honors algebra, physical science, and world history. The biggest challenge will be for both of us to adjust our sleep schedule. I have become accustomed to going to bed late and sleeping in, so having to be out the door before 8am this morning was a little painful for me, but Emily was pretty chipper about it!

Keeping Cool

All in all, it hasn't been too bad of a summer so far. We have been trying to keep cool, though. We tried the pool one day. It felt lovely, but the chlorine bothered Emily's skin, even after just a couple of hours in the water. 

To try something completely different, we decided to take a short trip to Carlsbad, NM to see the caverns. It was still hot during the day, but the low humidity made the mornings and evenings really lovely. Of course, the caverns themselves were very cool, which felt great. 

Emily was okay with the trip but her opinion is that if you've seen one rock, you've seen them all, so she lost interest in the caverns pretty quickly. LOL.

 

Tomorrow, she will return home from another week in Minnesota, which provided some cooler weather, but also a lot of rain. She won't have to worry about that when she returns home. We aren't expecting rain any time soon (sadly).

We are just about three weeks from Emily's first day of school, so I have already started ordering her books and we have already picked up most of her school supplies. Now, she just needs to get that pesky summer work done!