We've had a busy couple of weeks. I finished up my school year with my new life as a stay-at-home-dad officially beginning in July when Alisa goes to work full-time. I usually struggle with my transition into summer and I've learned that the best therapy is manual labor. This week I finished trimming out the window in the guest bedroom (soon to be baby's room) and yesterday I poured a sidewalk from our garage to our parking pad on the side of our yard. My first experience doing concrete work and I had to deal with two thunderstorms rolling through while finishing it up. I had a makeshift tarp-tent over it while I poured two more mixes--not fun with lightening cracking overhead! But it looks great today! (see bottom pics).
But I need to get back into teaching mode soon here as I will be teaching a 3 day course in Wichita in July. I'll be working with a group of 40 6th through 12 grade math teachers. Also, my colleague and friend Ryan and I are creating some online resources for students. So my summer will be filled with math and teaching.
We've been doing tons of gardening and with the amazing heat combined with tons of rain, our garden is getting pretty full. No tomatoes this year as we had some blight last summer. But lots of peppers, squash, and greens. Alisa put in a patch of rasberry bushes and I have some hops growing to use in some of my homebrew.
We're looking forward to seeing some of you this summer! Phoebe and I are hanging out most of the summer, especially after mid-July.
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