Perhaps I'm just too busy.

In truth, this summer has been full. We have spent hours at the Lions Pool while the kidlets swam length after length for the swim team or learned new skills during lessons. They were so tired out from those activities that we rarely used our family pass for open swims. Since July started we have done little else in fact. While I watched the swimming from my lawn chair on the hill under the one shade tree I was able to visit with other moms also crammed in under the one shade tree. It's been a hot summer. Last year I had the same routine except that I remember it being peaceful and here's why: it was a cool summer last year and I did not sit under the one shade tree but down the hill a little on a blanket so as to be in the little bit of sun that there was. However, the moms (none of whom I knew) preferred to sit on the flat in their chairs at the top of the hill. I got lots of reading done last year. It was lovely. This year has been lovely in a different way. I know many of the moms and have been able to visit and strengthen relationships.

But I think the real reason for not posting much is that the routine has been so very different from school time. I have not wanted to spend as much time at a computer. The rhythm has been different. Now swimming is finished and for the next two weeks until school starts we will take a breather from the programmed while I continue to prepare for teaching.

Is busyness bad? I don't think it has to be. When it is a type of fullness and richness instead of overwhelming. When all the extra space is pushed out and I am squeezed to the edges--that is unhealthy. That is what I try to avoid. Sometimes I am successful and sometimes less so for a season. There is just so much out there that I want to enjoy...

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