Summertime

Well, summer is in full swing here.  We were beginning to think that it would be a long summer waiting to get Shepherd (now we’re hearing we won’t travel until August) but it is anything but that.  Sophie is participating in swim team this summer for the first time.  Today was her first meet.  She was a bit nervous beforehand (well, considering the fact that she has never swam the length of the pool and one of the coaches had to go in to get her during warmups made us all a little nervous) but she did great.  She was entered in the backstroke and she made it across the pool.  She stopped to grab the rope and rest a couple of times, but she stayed on her back and didn’t turn over too soon at the end, which we hear is a huge no no and will get you DQ’ed.  She got her purple completion ribbon and now, she is ready for future meets.

I have been busy as well.  I am teaching senior English next year, which means I have a lot of reading to do, as well as a new textbook for anatomy.  It’s been good, but we’ve spent a lot of time in the car.  Which gives us a lot of time to listen to music.  Sophie’s taste are growing and Katie and I have to be careful in what we listen to because she is *very* good at picking up on lyrics.  She heard some Joan Jett and asked Katie, “Mom, what’s Rock and Roll?”  “It’s music, do you like it?”  “Oh, yes!”

When it’s my turn to choose the tunes we get a bit more eclectic, opting for the singalongs.  I’ll leave you with one of her current favorites.