Bees and other challenges

We had a wonderful night's worth of steady rain, which is a blessing. I have not had the chance to set up a soaker hose and so on, so this buys me a little time. There's so much growing and needing some attention, but yesterday when I got home, G and his brother were trying (and eventually, were successful) to capture a swarm. Warm temps and abundant pollen allowed the hive to grow very quickly, and coupled with three days of heat, they split into two groups. Luckily, G had already set up an empty hive for this eventuality, so (we hope) the new crew will settle in nicely. This is the first time G has actually been home when bees have swarmed; usually it's just me and Meg and we do our best to get help to deal with it, or they just take off. I suppose that's a small silver lining to G's medical leave. Having him home and antsy is not going to be easy for any of us, but we'll manage. I hope.

Today, though, is another school day. The seniors are restless, too-- this is their last academic day. Tomorrow is graduation practice, and then Sunday they have their ceremony. I spent a bit of time online last night helping the Salutatorian work on their speech. I hope it all goes well. I'm probably not going to go to the actual event, because I'll be watching Holly and G can't/shouldn't do what needs to be done with her. There's also the fact that graduations are pretty much for the kids and their guests-- we teachers have done our best to get them there, but our job is over as of today. Let them have their day.

In one week, I'll be on summer time. I hesitate to call it vacation, because I do have a list of things I want to accomplish around the house, and now that our situation has altered due to G's enforced inactivity, a little more of the chores and so on will become mine to do. At least I'll have a little more flex in my schedule so I can do the things that must be done. And I am going to carve out a little "me" time-- I need to. I'm feeling imbalanced, and I need to do a hard re-set. I want to read, write, and get some rest, as I can, and I hope that it'll help me manage a little better. A little deck time won't hurt! If we can get the pool set up, that will be nice, too, assuming we don't get into a rainy situation again like last year. 

That all said, I'm looking forward to letting go of my current schedule for a few weeks. That will be nice. 

Have a good day, and stay cool!

C