This has been the strangest summer yet in my teaching career. It’s been a good one, but it hasn’t really felt like summer. Now, for only my third post of this summer…
First an update on the Angels. All summer I’ve been wearing my new Angels hat. It was sort of my way of getting comfortable with the idea of being an Angels fan. The more I’ve worn it, the more “normal” it seems. A few days ago I went to my first baseball game of the year, and it was an Angels game. Tonight I’m going to my second game of the year, and it is also an Angels game. Two nights ago I watched Trumbo hit a walk-off home run. Last night I watched the future of the Angels get promoted to the bigs. I can probably only name half the players still (I admit, the bullpen is hard), but when I watched the game last night, I was rooting for the Angels. It’s still a little weird, but it feels good.
It’s hard to believe, but we’ve spent the first three weeks of this month moving in. How on earth do people move with “regular” jobs? I’ve had three weeks of zero work to move stuff, unpack, and the house still isn’t quite in order. I can’t imagine getting off work at 6pm every night, and then trying to unpack.
So speaking of the new house…we love it. It’s absolutely what we thought it would be. Quiet, friendly, kept up. Those are the words that spring to mind. We’ve met as many neighbors in three weeks as we had in six years at the old place. There are only a handful of boxes left to be dealt with (oh, and then there’s the garage, haha). We’ve been checking out local eateries. We’ve spent 30 years in the same spot…so moving somewhere else gives us a whole new area to check out. To say we’re happy with the move would be an understatement. It was a lot of work and stress in a few short months, but the payoff will be worth it.
Sadly there are just a few short weeks until school starts. I won’t complain too much though, because the amount of time I have left to lament the end of summer is equivalent to what most people get all year. 
