Saturday, June 07, 2008

Summer

Finally! I thought when I stopped substitute teaching and my children became teens and no longer needed--or wanted--my direct supervision, I'd care less about school being out. Not so. I now get to sleep in another 45 minutes!!, since my son's summer school classes start later and there's no bus to catch. Of course, no bus means I have to get somewhat dressed ;) to drive him there before getting myself ready for work. I'll only have to harrass one kid about getting homework done and bedtime, and he's good about both. But I feel free, as though released from some dreaded duty. And I used to like school as a kid. It's puzzling.
Why does it seem I have more time to write? That I can stay up later now?
Is there some magic to the words "school's out" that stirs the kid in me? Are you feeling it too?
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4 comments:

EllenToo said...

When I was teaching I felt just like the kids-- I could stay up later, sleep later, run around in sloppy clothes.......

4:16 PM
Megan Kelly said...

I'm looking forward to all that! :) Maybe the magic isn't just for kids.

6:21 PM
Phoebe Jordan said...

"School's Out" are really magic words that stir any person who has to go to school and classes. I know I felt that magic when I finally finshed all my Finals for the Spring semester. I was so excited that I would have a couple of months to myself without all the stress of classes, assignments, exams and so on. I'm relieved that I got that over with and now I'm use to being a college student. I really have no ultimate plans for the summer as of yet. I do have a writing goal since I want to become a romance writer one day I want to write and finish my first manuscript by the end of the summer. I have done some research and I've bought "how to" books on writing romance to help me and I've got a notebook that will keep my notes and character profiles and family trees organized.

I set up a goal to write at least 800 words minimum and 2,000 words maximum each day. It's a contemporary romance so I don't have to do any historical research. I've been trying to find a critique partner but no such luck as of yet. As for reading goals I do have a goal to finish reading my very large TBR pile that consists of more than 100 new books that I've bought the last past couple of months since the year began.

9:15 AM
Megan Kelly said...

Ivette, congrats on finishing out your semester. Reading all summer sounds wonderful! I'll also be finishing a book by the RWA conference at the end of July, so less reading for me, I guess. You won't have to do historical research, but contemporary romances also require research. It's amazing to me still. Good luck with finishing your ms.

12:41 PM

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