The lass arrived home at her usual time. The boy got home after only a half-day of school. So it’s now officially official, the school year is done.
The Winter had a lot to do with how long it seemed in the end. We had a bunch of snow days to make up and the administration decided to tack the extra days on to the end of the year. That decision chagrined many of us parents whom, when it became clear that days would have to be made up, felt the days should have come out of the Winter and Spring vacation. Interestingly, we’ve received advanced word that next year, there will be no Winter vacation and makeup days will be taken out of the Spring vacation. Go figure.
Another contributor is just how busy the kids end up, even with a seemingly minimal number of extra-curricular activities. The boy was the busier of the two, with Scouting, karate and then hockey and baseball. The lass had dance and learn to skate. The thing we (the Wife and I) didn’t appreciate is that there are only 7 days in the week. The weekend, particularly, is only 2 days. All those activities have to happen some time, and they eat the days up quickly. That leaves little time to just sit and relax. Throw in the occasional have-to-do kind of event, and that reduces the nothing-to-do day count even further.
Consequently, we don’t have a lot planned for the kids this Summer. The boy has a Scout camp and then both will be doing a swimming camp. But the swimming camp doesn’t really count because they both love to swim. I don’t imagine there will be any complaining whatsoever when I have to cart them up to swim lessons. So really, they have nothing to do this Summer.
Which probably means I’ll be a nervous wreck by the time Summer vacation is over. At which point, I’ll need my own vacation.