first day of summer

cory at allen field house - home to KU BASKETBALL

cory at the union with the "hawk"

marty and cory

today is the first day of summer and it's hot and muggy in kc. i spent most of the day in my new classroom putting stuff away. there isn't a budget to paint so i've been cleaning the walls and hanging maps, flags and posters to cover the bad spots. i still have more to put away.

so this is a year of change. cory graduated from KU in may. marty came out to celebrate and helped him set up an IRA. a great gift for cory to learn.

KU's graduation is great fun. there is a walk of graduates from the campanile to the stadium. most of the grads make the walk and skip the ceremony. cory did the walk then we toured campus. he had his picture taken in the best of places/memories. see above.

more changes - i moved to olathe northwest high school with the 9-12 rearrangement. i'm teaching the same modern world history and the new pre-AP version. so while not a lot of changes, there are some new challenges.

i'm not traveling anywhere this summer so i'm open to all visitors. so far no one wants to come back east to see me. cory is gone till aug 15 so....

summer projects abound. i finally got the house re roofed. i've been putting it off for 5 years. it's hard to believe that it only takes 2 days. they had to pull off asphalt shingles, wood shingles and install new decking, under layment and shingles. it looks great. of course no great storms since the roof has been on...should be getting new gutters soon.

i've painted cory's new bedroom in the basement - yes he's moving home - and the closet alone took 1 gallon of paint. phew! the bathroom needs plaster work and then paint. i worry about the carpeted floor there and cory and his guy pals using it.....ya know? then the whole basement needs paint. the last time i did that was 8-9 years ago. so we're going from green and yellow - cory's high school colors -to chocolate and baby blue.

it's all not so bad except there is a shitload of stuff in the way.

i did repaint cory's old bedroom - the new guest room. it is lime green and wicker. that is the furniture is white wicker. so i have a queen bed there and a full in cory's room and bunk beds somewhere else. i even have a clean spare car for the summer.

so if this isn't enough...i start a week's long econ class - econ and the far east - at KU kansas city campus, and i have to resow the garden. i've already eaten the lettuce, peas and radishes. the carrots , tomatoes and peppers haven't been harvested yet. the lawn mower is on the fritz and the grass is ankle high ... what to choose next.

cory is working at camp wekeela in maine. he's been gone for 5 days i've only heard from him 2x, so i guess he's having a blast. one text said "everyone is so nice. weird!"

like mom used to say make a list and start crossing things off. so i'm off to make my list.