Exactly two months from today, our academic school year will begin.
And though we received updated correspondence from our district superintendent today, confirming the still-up-in-the-air status of all things academic, it’s still kind of momentous to feel a new school year looming in about 60 days.
Mostly because I can so clearly remember the panic-filled, wide-eyed, what-am-I-going-to-do-with-these-kiddos, early days of quarantine, when it felt like the hope of making it through the close of the school year, plus an entire summer, felt like a lifetime.
And, yet, here we are, nearly four months later, with more days in the review mirror than ahead.
For most of the world, this will be an unforgettable period in time. Full of so much uncertainty and challenge. But still, there has been such joy to our scaled back, simple lifestyle over the past months, that I’m feeling a bit nostalgic tonight, knowing it will all change again in the near future and settle in to yet another new normal.
Like many the world over, I’ve never spent such beautiful, cocooned family time as I have over the past months, and I’m more determined than ever to soak in every minute of what’s left, before our “before” life returns full force.
So here’s to bike rides and sunshine; doodle and quiet time; splashing and projects; experiments and iPads; cooking and messes, and a dishwasher you love to loathe. Each activity might seem predictable and ordinary, but strung together, it feels a bit...extraordinary.
And now...a sweaty coffee filter sun catcher project after a hot bike ride, and some Hulk doodling. :)
Over and out.
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