I slept until 7 a.m., got up, hit submit on another project, edited a third, and still did a happy dance that Max Limric and I sent his piece for consideration on Saturday. My intent is to finish this week, be ram horns down next week, and then to take off in any direction possible, simply to avoid laboring before the new semester begins. Actually, that's what I also started yesterday...fall syllabi.
Around 3, Beth texted that she and Michelle were walking Walnut Beach and wondered if I wanted to join them. I was planning on doing the Sunday Gazebo concert there anyway, so said, "Sure." Although I did't eat with them, I did walk with them to the Greek Spot where they got their dinner. I had such a great pesto Cesar salad with chicken for lunch and I wasn't in the mood to eat anything else. And although it was under 80 degrees, the dew point and humidity made me feel like I was wading through a swamp. Sadly, we have heat indexes in the 100s the next couple of days.
We're writing indoors, kids! No need to venture outside.
We're also finishing the last week of Ubuntu Academy and will be heading towards publication land with POW for the next month (which I'll be editing while on my supposed time off, of sorts).
I'm simply hoping to have raft, kayak, and paddle board time the first week of August. I want to float without a care in the world which isn't possible, but I can try.
Here's to the last week of July, 2025. Another round of literacy labs and teachers institute are adding the final touches.
