Ella only has one more day of summer school. Then she and I have 5 weeks of uninterrupted together time. My immediate thought is: Holy Cow, what am I going to do with her for 5 weeks!?!
It was only 5 months ago that Ella even started going to school. Before that she and I were together all day, every weekday. How quickly we get used to a new routine. How attached I get to my little bit of alone time. OK, I don't really spend much of it alone, unless you count running errands at Target and Giant, or working out at the gym "alone time". Most of the time she is in school I spend doing things that are easier done without her around like running those errands, or vacuuming the house (she doesn't like the sound of the vacuum). Yesterday I spent most of my time at the dentist and working out. Today I had to take two of the cats to their annual Veterinarian visit. I guess I should be more worried about how to get things done when she is out of school than about relaxing and having some fun by myself.
So, this is my plan. Every morning we get out of the house for a few hours. We run no more than one errand at a time, and then we get to go to the playground or to the pool. One or two days a week I will take her to the gym so that I can still try to work out and shed some of my love of chocolate off of my stomach. One day a week we will try to do something out of the ordinary like going to the science center in Baltimore. We will always try to be home by nap time and the hour or two after nap but before dinner will mostly be spent running around the back yard (her new favorite past time). We both need variety. I need it to make the time pass more quickly, and she needs it because she gets so much variety of activity in school.
I have my plan. Now I just need to pray that she doesn't decide to drop her nap on me before she starts school again in September.
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