As I look outside my window: It’s very hazy out right now. Hot and humid means that I’m not going to be reading outside this morning.

Right now I am: In between reading my book and getting back to lesson planning for August.

On my bedside table: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens; Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

On my tv this week: J and I have been watching Obi-Wan Kenobi as well as Haley Moley (our silly show). I am almost finished with S1 of Love Life and slowly working my way through S1 of Sex Education.

Listening to: Big shuffle of my Apple Music. Really I just love the random right now.

On the menu for this week:

• Monday - Chicken and Broccoli Rice Casserole

• Tuesday - Spicy Thai Noodles

• Wednesday - Leftovers

• Thursday - Sweet Potato, Black Bean, Quinoa, Shrimp Bowls

• Friday - Grilled Cheese with Tomato and Basil

• Saturday - Chicken Tortilla Soup

• Sunday - Mediterranean Orzo Salad

On my to do list: Today I need to to take care of the all the laundry as well as finishing up some retreat tasks. My big to-do is wrapping up most of the geology unit for August. It’s a big production to create a unit directly from scratch.

Happening this week: Arthur has camp at Metro every morning from 9-noon, so we need to drop him off and pick him up each day.

• Monday - Grocery

• Tuesday - Splash pad visit morning; Library Choose Your Own Adventure game

• Wednesday - Library

• Thursday - Splash pad visit afternoon

• Friday - Home day; Lit Society

• Saturday - Home day

• Sunday - Home day

What I am creating: I’m putting the finishing touches on the retreat itinerary and games.

My simple pleasures: Strong coffee, finishing a particularly hard puzzle

Looking around the house: Meh. I’m very ambivalent about the state of the house right now. I’m putting together a plan to redo the playroom to make it more of a homeschool space, so right now there’s stuff everywhere. Hopefully I can get that all done before leaving for Indiana in mid-July.

From the camera: Putting together our summer bucket list