Sorry for my long absence. I didn't have anything really interesting to say and repeating interesting things that other people said just wasn't doing it for me.
I am overdue for a jubilant post proclaiming that I passed block 5a. Because I did! Yay.
Summer is heavenly. Peaceful. I try not to think that this might be the last summer vacation of my life until I retire. Who knows, I could always go back to school yet again... just kidding.
At least I am making the most of it. I spent the evening outside lying on my back gazing up, Simon at my feet grazing on the grass. Sun-warmed earth beneath me, cool night air above me. I wasn't looking for anything in particular, but was thrilled and surprised that long before the first star came out, two bats appeared fluttering, swooping, reversing course on a dime, chasing bugs around and around over the yard. Amazing. Of course, I was convinced earlier in the year that there were bats in the basement of where I am living. (I heard them. Really.) So perhaps these were them? I must remember to spend more time doing nothing but resting and looking up in the future.
In the background, the last spring peeper croaking and the resident red-bellied woodpecker chortling away.
The perfect ending to a day spent preparing a bird skeleton for display in the school's resource center.
I like life better without any exams.
