MidLife Madness

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

End of Summer

I can't believe summer is almost over. It went by faster than ever. I guess it's because of the boy. I was always told that once you have children your life goes by faster. Walker gets older and bigger, but it seems we stay the same.

Summer is not the easiest time to stay slim. Cookouts, beer at the pool, macaroni salad, potato salad, beer at the pool... Have I mentioned beer at the pool? I'm not worried, though. My schedule for fall leaves me with hours of exercise every day and not much time for eating. Good.

In the summer I'll be teaching 6 classes at the Andover School of Ballet, 4 classes and a Christmas dance at Steppin' Out and 2 classes at Kathy's Tumbleweed. I'm taking classes at Northern Essex College and Steppin' Out.

That all sounds busy, but my priority is Walker. He's growing so quickly. I'm glad we get to spend a lot of time together. He's a great little guy (3 "and a half").

As much as I want to work at Andover, working every Saturday is going to be a drag. It seemed so far away and abstract when I accepted the position. I really want to work there, but it'd be even better if it were a week day when Walker was in school. Well, we can't always get what we want. It'll be a good time for "Daddy/Walker bonding." Either that or it'll be a mad scramble every week for me to arrange play dates at the last minute. I can never really tell which way it'll go.