June is always “That month” in our profession… another summation of a school year and all that entails. We usually don’t get a post up on the blog until halfway through July 😂! It’s demanding, exhausting, and often challenging, as students (and sometimes staff) move on to next steps and we tackle, item by item, the year end deadlines. The carrot at the end of the stick, though, is some time to shut down from that for a few weeks and hide at camp, go on a road trip or volunteer at festival.
June did see multiple trips to the city, including the opportunity to connect with the kids and enjoy a Halifax Wanderers match, BBQ supper and some into the evening board game action at Monica and Evan’s place. The game was a little tough to watch, but lots of spirit in the stands with singing, drums and lots of refreshment. Super fun day getting out & about while making a couple of important purchases (new hiking shoes & some Guinness 0.0 for me).
We also have some late June/early July travel booked! We had picked away at planning but took some real time to review and make sure that all our dates lined up and that we hadn’t missed anything. As always, you can follow along here as we will be blogging our London/Berlin ‘24 adventure while abroad. This rip across the Atlantic is with Paige and Josie… something very new for us (and them 😜) and we hope that it runs smoothly and the travel Gods don’t give us too rough a ride.
June was also a decent camp month as well, as several projects are getting “whittled” into shape. Cutting grass, tending the garden and continued “wheel barrow & shovel style” landscape work were front and centre. So happy with the little “garlic” patch and hope that by summer we have scapes to use during camp cookouts. Porch nights weren’t feeling too far away 👍 so bring on summer please!