Holy smokes I am exhausted right now... It isn't so much the fact that I hauled myself out of bed indeed before 5 am (because I am crazy, that is why) but the fact that I ended up with 2 kayak sessions yesterday for a grand total of 9.3 miles or something to that effect....
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| Clouds began to breakup and the sun did indeed come out! |
While I am certainly capable of going 9 plus miles in a kayak, I had also done a nice little weight lifting session on Saturday and concentrated on my shoulders, abs and arms. So, yeah, I feel MY triceps this morning. And when I do fairly heavy workouts like that, I do not sleep well. Because I wake up all the time and rearrange myself and fall fitfully back to sleep and then rinse and repeat. I believe I got up at 1:30 and took ibu- evidence left on the kitchen counter points to that conclusion. Lol.
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| This blue heron proved to be a little sneaky, but Lisa spotted him in a tree |
It was a GORGEOUS day for kayaking though. Both times! I went on Butternut Lake with the Mad-Lisa friend in the morning. We didn't see the eagle, as per usual, in the tree of choice- but we did scare up a blue heron and then followed the thing over to the other side of the lake. And we founded him!! YAY! While there were a lot of fishing boats on the lake, it was pretty peaceful and nice. Perfect temps, only light breezes- water therapy at its best.
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| The clouds were quite amazing- I was wishing for my wide-angle lens |
Last night, the MA sprung it on me that he wanted to kayak with me--- so I am INCAPABLE of saying no to that, so off we went to Smith Lake. I found some ducks and a loon and some fishermen- but only one boat full. It was super nice last night and the river was like glass. And then we got back in time to FaceTime with the Mad-Oldest son and his lovely family. With those two girls, that can be quite the entertaining event. Ava is starting to crawl around and Ella gets increasingly silly as she gets more tired.... It is quite enjoyable. hehehe
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| Young mergansers |
Anyway, I do realize the post title says something about school- so yeah, we have full-fledged, sitting-all-day, summer-ending meetings..... today and tomorrow. And then there is Open House on Wednesday with school beginning on Sept.1. I've just resigned myself to the meetings, as they must be morally obligated to "improving our teaching" or some such thing. There is a session this morning that seems will be pertinent and sometime in the next 2 days I get to collaborate on curriculum with my compadre from the Glidden school- so there is that!! I just hope that I have enough breathing room to keep working on my lesson plans. I used to be able to have a semester worth of plans ready- but that was when I only taught elementary school. So I retain that panic of not having more than the first 3 weeks pencilled in. Though I know that is ridiculous and no one has a whole semester ready, unless they do the same thing all the time. Which I am incapable of doing. Which reminds me, I have a brand new first day of art for the elementary school in the works (I always love finding new stuff like this) and I have a HUGE amount of paper cutting that needs to be done- any volunteers??? Lol, just asking'!
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| This guy showed up unexpectedly right in front of me! The light last night was lovely |
Hey, when did it occur that it is so dark at 5am?? I know that there are clouds and an impending Thunderstorm, but wth is with that?? I think I am in seasonal denial.
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| A pair of fishermen were spotted- I have other photos- I just found this one interesting how the people pop out and the rest is sort of hazy-- and I see its a touch crooked. oops. |
Anyway, I have to finish this up and go do a few things- at least I do not have to dress up today. That will be coming soon enough!
So, make this day a joyful one. I, for one, will be avoiding the joy-stealers that lurk about the area.... I am going to make the best of the day if I possibly can. Happy Monday!
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