Summer School Hiatus
Yes, I’ve been away a couple of weeks. I’ve still been keeping up with what’s going
on in the motorsports world. Of course, it’s
our everyday life but on occasion, those Mom responsibilities take precedent. Summer seems to have slipped up on us and it
got busy, really fast, especially with 3 kids.
Well, 2 and a half really cause the eldest is basically self-sufficient
except for the use of my wallet.
Most kids don’t enjoy summer school and our middle girl is
not different. She had to go through
course “recovery” to get a credit needed for graduation. Proud to say she banged that work out in 3
weeks and it is officially summer at our house as of yesterday.
Getting to that point required a 3 week visit from Grandma
to help with the logistics and transportation.
During this same time, Boo, the bonus kid has been very busy with summer
basketball camp and middle school practice bball practice. Of course all of this is scheduled while I’m
working the long but rewarded with Fridays off summer hours.
So it’s been TGIM (Thank God for Mimi) at our house,
especially since He (the dragger of the motorsports hauler) has yet to fix the
transmission in my suburban. The kids
are beginning to wonder if we will make it to Daytona. At this point, I am too.
Beginning of the school year...that went by Talladega fast! |
We may be soliciting rides in about two weeks. So anyone heading to the race that week in a
big ol homemotor (it’s a Thorpe thing), please swing through Athens and give us
a lift. I say big because my two girls
and 1 small dog + Tony’s two girls, myself and luggage is going to take up some
space. But I will bake you a prize.
Hopefully and I say this with fingers and toes crossed, the
ride will get fixed during the next off week.
I’m staying strong and refusing to rent a car or even step foot on a car
lot. The temptation is there. I’ve even looked on the Hendrick Chevy Buford
web page. Alas, they do not have my
dream ride on the lot, for which I’m very thankful. I’m not sure I could handle the temptation
right now.
In the midst of all the transportation chaos, Scott will
leave sometime today for Iowa. It’s a
Sunday afternoon race, which really jacks up my weekend. I’m use to planning my Saturday around race
time and doing my laundry/meal prep for the week on Sunday afternoon.
And it will definitely get a little sideways on Monday, as I
hitch a ride to work and pray Scott gets home from Iowa by the time I get off
of work at 5:30. Did I mention he would
be in IOWA???