Currently in August.

 PTL. August has arrived. 

I dropped the entire jug of dog water in the kitchen last week and everything was soaked. I looked up later and saw this is what it did to my wet-erase calendar. If that doesn't sum up the July Experience, I don't know what does. The can of wasp spray also adds a nice flair and hidden not-so-secret meaning to the photo. (See my recipe for homemade wasp spray here.)

I always feel bad hating July because it's Wells' birthday month but it's my least favorite month; let's go straight from June to August, that's what I say. Wells always says he wants to take Ohio out of the map, because it's the most annoying part of driving from KS/MO to PA. I want to take July out of the calendar. 

So between the heat, Scott's traveling, the heat, the lice, the broken appliances, the heat, and the lice....it was a month. I spent the entire month doing laundry over and over again and then doing dishes by hand for awhile. Scott had to make some major repairs to the house we bought 3 months ago from a man we not-so-affectionately call dipsh*t and ...well, I won't repeat the other name I have for him. 

Onto August:

Savoring: Any day that is below 85 degrees. I look forward to the very possibility of a 65 degree night and God bless it when it rains during the day. 

However, it's really nice and relaxing and regulating to come home from a day of work and swim for an hour. This is one of those "rich people" luxuries; going to the pool was always an event before. We're not rich but it feels like it when you have a pool to swim in whenever you want. 

Wrapping Up: My Missouri library card. Since we don't live there anymore, I had to officially let my holds on Libby go. I've literally been waiting months for some of these but my card needed to be renewed and I can't do it. So now I'm down to one card (Northeast Kansas Library System) and I've got holds to pick up today. I also had to switch library branches this summer since our new house is closer to a different one. This has thrown me off, for sure. 

Holds:

I did some browsing about best read alouds for 4th grade and I'm going to preview There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom. I've never read it!

Remembering: To take back-to-school pics. I'm going to do that this weekend, I promise. I've been told, you get the kids in their outfits and you get the pictures the day before or *when you have time*. 7am on the first day of school is Not The Time to make them pose for a picture and be outside reconfiguring the letter board. 

Sutton loves to play with the letterboard and I think I"m going to have to find it because I believe I hid it from her. 

Preparing: For school. I obviously swore up and down I wasn't going to "spend a cent!". Well, needs must, as Ma Ingalls would say. I'm not buying random things but I've had to pick up some very intentional pieces. I'll post pictures when it's all done. I love looking back on all of my classrooms. 

Organizing: A routine again. Packing lunches hits hard. Always will. Being prepared past the next 1-2 hours in my day is something that always takes practice in August. 

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