My summer

    Well, it's been a while since this summer rolled around, but I'm gonna write about the parts I remember:
    I'd have to say the best part of my summer was the beginning.  Every year, we get to go to Emerald Isle, up in North Carolina.  When we went to the beach in 2016, we decided to use our camper rather than renting a condo.  That was not a very bright move on our part.  The year we did that, it was absolutely SCORCHING.  It seemed that everyone who had gone to the beach that year had decided to use a camper too, so we were all packed together in the tiny little spots like little sardines.  The little tree that each camping spot had was just enough to cover a tenth of our camper and the air conditioning was just about to keel over and die from working so hard.  That was two years ago.  This year, we rented a condo, which was great compared to the camper.  We did everything, from visiting the aquarium to walking down the beach to boogie boarding.  The time we spent there was very refreshing and relaxing and took off the burden of the school year's work.  While we were swimming though, a shark was spotted swimming near the shore!  Thank goodness no one was hurt, but it did me a little spook and we decided to stop for lunch.  The shark wasn't seen again for the time we were there, so we continued to enjoy ourselves.  It was an awesome way to start off the summer.
    After the beach, my summer was filled with relaxing at home, with the occasional hike or family trip to see my grandparents.  I don't really think anything was bad with my summer.  It was one I really enjoyed!  If I had to choose something though, it would be the radish experiment.  See, I got all of my schoolwork done except for a science project involving radishes.  I wasn't able to do it because we didn't have any radish seeds on hand, and as we were ending the school year, there was a lot of stuff going on and we didn't have time to go out and buy them.  This meant that I had to do it over the summer, after our beach visit.  Being the procrastinator I am though, I ended up starting the project way after we had come home from the beach.  However, that seemed to be the one negative event that occurred, so I'm not going to let that overshadow the fun I had.
Thank you SO MUCH for reading my content!  I had my second official kayak trip this summer, so I want to recap what happened there, but I want that to be it's own post.  There is A LOT to recap there, so I'm going to tackle it in its standalone post   Thanks again and have a great day!

Finished (Finally)

       Well, it's been a couple of weeks since I've been finished with 9th-grade homeschool, and I can honestly tell you, it feels great to be finished with this school year.  Don't get me wrong, being homeschooled is COMPLETELY AWESOME, but it's still school.  Just about ANY kid who goes to school feels like they're carrying around an anvil, just waiting for the magnificent days called Saturday and Sunday.  When they finally reach their goal, the anvil is lifted... only to be put on the next week (I assume adults who go to work also have those "anvil days"😉 ).
        Summer is those wonderful three months that kids can wake up in the morning without worrying about catching the bus, or about that one science test you forgot to study for.  This is when the anvil is completely lifted off, and kids can do whatever they want, which can sometimes play out like this:

                       School days:                 No School Days:      

In my next post, I'll talk about my summer, so STAY TUNED!

(Go ahead and comment what your summer has been like so far, or if your summer hasn't happened yet, tell me what you are going to do!)

History is history!

 Halleluja!  this year is wrapping up my second year of homeschooling.  We plan to be done in the middle of May or so.  However, something quite historical (heh heh) happened.  Today was the day I finished my history course!  I finished the last history exam, and am done with history for the rest of the school year.  This will admittedly mean that I have to double up on some of my classes, (meaning that I get to finish up those faster!) but still, I think I deserve a good old pat on the back and a celebratory YEE.