Oh, how I love an early summer, Texan morning. You wake up blinking in the bright sunlight at around 6:30am. There's no sleeping late unless you have black out curtains because that big ball of yellow is doing its very best to wish you a cock-a-doodle-do day. I feel sorry for people staying in hotels during this time of year because they always pull the black out curtains to shut out the early morning, so they miss out on an authentic Texan day. If you ever come to visit, make sure you reserve at least one day of being awakened by the sun. There's no stumbling around trying to recover from a bad night of sleep. It's just, hey! wake up!, it's moooorrrrning! And you really can't be that perturbed about it because it's that fuzzy, yellow guy up in the sky doing all the waking, and he's real friendly.
That's how this morning was. No alarm clock, just Mr.Sun. I opened the doors and windows to let the warm summer air slip through the house. It wasn't much colder outside than inside, but the outside smells are delicious this time of year. Practically everything is blooming, wisteria, hibiscus, crepe myrtle, honeysuckle. The scents perfume the house and prep you for the day. I'm sure without air conditioning the afternoon would feel oppresive, but that's why I'm glad I live in the 21st century. I can enjoy the heat and the sun without suffering from it. I do wonder, in the event of an apocalypse if I would be better of in tropcial climate, but then, Texas is so incredibly beautiful with a largely self-sufficient, we-can-do-this mentality, that I think I'd choose Texas of the Caymans.
Last night I had an evening filled with lessons, so we didn't eat dinner till almost seven. I let the girl watch Garfield. I'm not sure why they are so fascinated with that cartoon, but they just love Garfield. Tanner was busy all evening, so we didn't get to talk to him at all. He get's this Friday off, so the he'll be coming home early. The girls don't know, and we're saving it as a surprise for them. Kate has it in her mind that she'll see Daddy on Saturday. She'll be pleasantly surprised when Tanner walks in on Thursday evening.
I'm still stunned at having a babysitter/nanny taking care of the girls. The house was clean AGAIN when I came home. It makes me sort of wish that I had hired her for every single day of the week. It's wonderful to come home and not be faced with a couple of hours of house work. Usually the girls completely wreck the house. Their toys and food and clothes are everywhere, and it takes me a good hour or two to get it picked up, and then there is all the laundry and vacuuming, dinner and making sure the girls have done their homework and practiced their instruments. The last few days have been luxurious. I come home and I can skip all the cleaning part and just launch into dinner, homework and practice. It's a huge releif. Unfortunately, she only comes three times a week, so there are the other two days to weather. This is one of them...I wonder what will greet me at the door.
Tomorrow morning is going to be very exciting. They are going to implode a building here in College Station! Whoop! It's the old Plaza Hotel on the corner of Texas and University. I think I"ll drag the girls out of bed to watch it. After all, how often do you get to see a building implode in real time? Usually I watch them on television, and it's been on my bucket list to watch one in person. Super excited for the morning, though I'm not looking forward to the traffic once it's all over. The side streets are going to be crazy since they're closing Texas Ave until 8:00am. I still haven't figure out how to get Kate to school.
She made me very proud. She recieved the Class Bookworm Award and the Exceptional Honor Student Award at school. She has worked so hard this year, and I have been amazed at her progress. We've got a bit of work to do with arithmetic, but I'm confident she'll get a good grasp of it this summer.
Reagan is still our sunshine. She is the first to snuggle me when I'm sad. She's trying to figure out how to tell a joke, and it's hilarious just watching her eyes roll to the side as she tries out a new knock, knock joke. Unfortunately she gets the punch lines mixed up so she'll say, "knock.." who's there? "orange." orange who? "knock. knock" who's there? "orange." orange who? knock. knock" who's there? "apple" apple who? "aren't you glad I said apple?"
Georgi's latest fete in crazy dexterity...believe it or not, nothing. She seems to have settled down to spinning super fast and out running her sisters. I'm sure, once summer is in full swing and swimming is part of the norm, we'll have an interesting time of it, but until then, I'm glad for the breather. She has only cut her hair once this month. I consider that a huge improvement though she has now taken to cutting paper: every bit and scrap, so if there is something important I have to make sure it is up and out of her reach.
That's the family update so far. I'm going to have a lovely summer day today. I might day dream a bit at work since I have a window. I hope you enjoy yours, whatever the weather, whatever the hour!
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