Hot Fun in the Summertime...

Good Lord in Heaven! It got hot, Hot, HOT so very early this summer. I feel like I am melting every time I step outside of the house. Which kind of makes it difficult that I am teaching summer school four days a week for four weeks.

I leave home Monday thru Friday at 6:45 a.m. to get to work by 7:00. It is already hot and stuffy when I step out of the house. Stepping into the school I am greeted by a rush of cold air. What joy! I feel like I have died and gone to heaven. But then 2:30 p.m. comes, the kids are dismissed and I have to pack up and go to my car. The same car that has sat in the hot sun all day long. What a load of crap! I am already dripping sweat and my clothes are sticking to me by the time I get the door unlocked and crawl behind the wheel.

On the plus side, I am having a ball teaching summer school. I can't believe that we are already one fourth of the way through. The neat thing is that these are 7th graders and I am hearing things like, "You're the best history teacher that I have ever had!" and "I really like the way you teach history.You make it fun!" That is joy to my ears. To love what you do and get money and compliments for it is like the best feeling in the world.

So, as I continue battling this heat, at least I have the joy of doing what I love. But, I can't say that I will be sad when July rolls around and I get some time off. I may not leave the house until October or November...when/if it finally cools off.