Bullet time...

• I'm taking the NaBloPoMo challenge, which means I need to write something.
• There's lots of ideas floating around in my mind. However, I seem to be lacking in the ability to put my thoughts into words. Hence, the trusty bullet post.
• Friday is the last day of school. A half-day. Why do they bother with those?
• I'm certainly ready for vacation as I'm tired of homework.
• Do your kids bring home a lot of homework?
• Mine do, it's mostly busy work and I kind of resent it. I'm sure the girls do too.
• After spending all day in class (hopefully) working hard, I think the kids should be able to come home and relax and play.
• I can't remember if I had a lot of homework. Doesn't seem like I had as much as K & B do. Maybe I just didn't do my homework.
• Though I ended up in advanced classes, I really wasn't a scholarly kid. My grades reflected that...my poor parents.
• However, in college I redeemed myself and graduated with highest honors, so close to a 4.0, I had 3.97.
• Not sure what we will fill our days with this summer. My dad (Papa) is a go, go, go type of guy so he's been busy planning activities for the girls. He also takes them on a real vacation each summer, not sure what this summer's destination is yet. Mr. H is also planning a little family get-away and maybe another one when the girls are gone. But there are still many open days.
• I'd love to go camping but it's just too hot, humid and buggy during the summer.
• I believe that residence in Florida should require all homes to have in ground swimming pools. We don't have one.
• After much deliberation I ordered a frame pool today, a step up from the easy set ring pool we had in the past. It's a pretty good size, and so were the shipping charges. Yikes! But there's no doubt it will be money well spent.
• I'd like to get a trampoline as well. But Mr. H and Papa are not on board, they fear broken body parts. Not from falling off, but from landing wrong. So although Miss B has reminded me that I'm an adult and I can get one if I want to, I've chosen to wait til everyone's in agreement.
• If you have any pro-trampoline arguments, feel free to leave them in the comments.
• Truth is, trampolines are a sore subject with me. As a kid I was promised to inherit my aunt's trampoline. Then my parents moved to Florida away from the trampoline in Ohio. So my uncle's nieces and nephew inherited it.
• Yeah, I'm still a bit tinged.
• And boats. Another sore subject. In Ohio we had a ski boat which we loved. It didn't make the trip to Florida. Where there is water everywhere. OK it wasn't exactly ocean appropriate but our fairly small county has 113(!) lakes. That doesn't include Lake Okeechobee which is not far away at all.
• Maybe I'll put a boat on my birthday list. I'll probably end up with a canoe!
• Or I could set up a boat fund donation page. Tacky I know. But remember Save Karyn?