The school year is winding down and it is such a huge relief.\u00a0 We’ve not been able to catch our breath for a couple of weeks now – going to bed late, getting up feeling exhausted…\u00a0 This morning I finished up grading research papers\u00a0and submitted another newspaper article.\u00a0 Now I just have one last test to give – tomorrow morning – and all the final exams to grade (which will be a snap compared to all those research papers).\u00a0 Of course there are\u00a0all the end of the year details to address, also, like accounting for all the text books and cleaning a year’s worth of accumulated papers from my shelves and drawers.\u00a0 I also need to leave all of my curriculum and resources in a state where someone else can pick them up and run with them\u00a0IF I am not here in the fall.\u00a0 I would not want to leave that task until later in the summer.Three priorities face Melissa and me as we find ourselves soon out from under the “9 to 5”:1)\u00a0 Get back on track with funding.\u00a0 We haven’t made any contacts or scheduled any meetings for a couple of weeks now.\u00a0 Summer should be a good time to\u00a0offer fill-in time on\u00a0Sunday mornings for local pastors, but I haven’t made any calls yet for that either.2)\u00a0 Get repairs finished on the house and get it on the rental market or sold.\u00a0 Melissa and I keep vacillating on the whole Rent\/Sell question.\u00a0\u00a0 Renting would be quicker – we’re pretty sure we could fill the house within a week if needed.\u00a0 But selling would take the whole issue away and we’d be done with it – if only we could get\u00a0a decent asking price.\u00a0 (Either way, I have to deal with the dreaded pool clean-up.\u00a0 Nastiest. Job. Ever.\u00a0 Of course, it wouldn’t be so bad if I ever figured out how to properly winterize a pool…)3)\u00a0 Get our family to Seattle.\u00a0 Just one week from today (Oh my!), we’ll be flying the entire family out to my brother’s house in Seattle for my nephew’s high school graduation.\u00a0 We will be there for a week and then be heading back to Indiana by rental vehicle – passing through Yellowstone Park, South Dakota, and Iowa.\u00a0 We hope to make the trip a combination of visiting family, sightseeing, and fundraising, but each is going to take a bit more planning to make happen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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