It’s been hot this week, and getting hotter. Temps may hit up around 90 today, which — given that we had snow over last weekend — is typically Colorado. Though the fast melt-off of the snow pack may spell trouble with a capital troub <\/i>this summer.<\/p>\n
Laid out a corner of the front lawn to further cut away, bwah-ha-ha. It’s been pretty pathetic for a couple of years, and we might as well just plant plants there than shilly-shally about with reinstalling grass. As far as I’m concerned, we could do away with the entire front lawn. But that’s next year …<\/p>\n
Plant sale at the Denver Botanic Gardens this Friday\/Saturday. What a coincidence. Saturday, I think, is planting day — plant sale plants, church plant sale plants (arriving Saturday), and plants bought at Home Depot last weekend.<\/p>\n
And, to keep things karmically balanced, when I get home today I am spraying the snot out of the Evil, Out of Control Weeds in the lawn and beds. Yeesh.<\/p>\n
But what brought summer to mind was going to Katherine’s school last evening to get the skinny on summer school. She’ll be going two days a week, full time (8-4:30). It will be a transition for her, but I think it will do her good. <\/p>\n
Though it’s going to screw up swimming lessons. We may have to do some of that ourselves. But they have a great summer school program — visiting art teacher funded by the SCFD, field trips, water activities one day a week (wading pools and water tables and stuff like that). The school is under construction over the summer (my company, coincidentally, is the project manager), so there will be a bit of disruption. But not too much. Should work out well for her, add some socialization, keep her talking. No special ed over the summer, but keeping her talking seems to be an important thing in helping her learn to talk better.<\/p>\n
And in the fall, she’ll be going to four days a week, in the afternoons. That’ll be interesting for us<\/i>, but that’s how it goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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