Spring Break for Washoe County is officially "on" this week - in retrospect, it's kinda nice that it falls right at the same time that we Spring Forward, so that somehow, the blow of losing an hour of sleep & having the schedule torqued has a week to be processed before the childrens have to return to the daily grind.
I also think on the subtle shift that has occurred, with Spring Break moving away from being tied to Easter (& it's former name, Easter Break.) Not ready to comment on that, but I'm just sayin...
In former times, a week off from school was a joyous occasion, a time for swimming. And sunning. Even if (when) it was cold, we'd find a pool to spend our days in. And if we were lucky, we wouldn't even need towels, because we could just dry off outside using solar power.
I miss the simplicity of the swimming & sunning days. And I wonder how that kid that I was is doing with the life I live now...
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That kid I was is crawling around in the bushes with a plastic BB gun every 3rd Saturday. =P
great question to ponder/ask one's self. i believe the answer leads to simplicity and increase joy.
I remember one time when that kid took me mini-golfing for his brother's 11th birthday.
I also remember the song "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart playing on the car radio at the end of the day ... seriously.
I told the kid I liked that song and he turned it up.
Frickin' blast that gay Rod Stewart crap.
Destro - very nice. I admire you -
J- thanks for the input
Dabey- yes.
Though, if it had been Alphaville instead, I would totally be weeping right now. (Totally spoken like a sorority sister...)
Hey, I like the new look and the Dilbert widget is killer . . .
I have no comment to make on school vacations because I commonly spent them being farmed out by Mom as free slave labor to every shiftless church member too cheap to pay . . . Mom's way of teaching me how to be a good servant.
But I'm not bitter or anything . . . Can you tell I'm processing?
that kid needs to get back in a pool and swim some more. or whatever it is that the kid wants to do now. we have to keep those childlike things alive to some extent i believe it is what makes our hearts sing.
oh yes, and spring break this early is lame. we are waaaayyy of schedule over here in these parts and i fear mo is going to have a heck of a time next week with all that.
I'm getting hooked on the Daily Dilbert . . . and it feels good . . .
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