OT - Summer is Here, Got Anything Special Planned?
Mates,
It is that time of year when most schools get out and folks will travel. This week it will actually be at or above normal temperatures up north for the first time in months, with great looking weather though some very cold lakes. Its that time of year when people go on vacation or go visit grandma, go see Washington D.C, go up north, or if you're Putin, maybe invade a country to two.
So the question is this: What are your summer plans this year, looking forward to some trips or visits, taking the family somewhere or maybe schleping to various courts/dance studios/fields for your kids events?
Summer is here, enjoy.
XM
Two months of baseball and softball for my kids and then college visits! My son is looking at Boulder, UT, Villanova, Lehigh, Stony Brook, Case Western Reserve, Wisconsin, Illinois, BU, and Michigan. We've been to Michigan many times but will still do the official tour at some point. We've also already been to Boston, so our trips will be to Boulder and Austin, and then Philadelphia and New York. He's also participating in a baseball showcase in Jupiter, FL in August so that may change the college plan completely. Nothing like having all your balls in the air.
but got into Wisconsin (her first choice) - so no skiing or casual visits to the local marijuana depositories for me... but plenty of beers and brats
You will love visiting her in Madison. Beers and brats on The Terrace behind Memorial Union overlooking Lake Mendota. A little bit of paradise.
My son is just finishing the 10th grade, so we are starting to look at colleges, as well.
We live in SE Michigan, so if he gets in to Michigan, it should be a relatively easy decision. That being said, he goes to a pretty small private high school and is thriving there...so we are also going to look at Kalamazoo College and maybe some other small schools.
Other than that, he doesn't have any definitive opinions/thoughts on other schools or on what he may want to pursue as his profession...so we are casting a relatively wide net. Going to the Michigan game in Bloomington in October and have a fall wedding in Madison.
We are also going to plan a Boston trip. We were just in DC and didn't carve out time for a GW visit, which I regret. We may go back to that region and see GW and Maryland.
Not sure that MSU is even a consideration; we've been too effective in our efforts to brainwash our kids. As absurd as it sounds, not sure he would feel comfortable in East Lansing.
Good luck with your search...and I hope your son gets in to Michigan!
My son is very involved in varsity baseball (when it comes to schoolwork, I would use the word distracted instead of involved) and let his math grade drop this past semester to a C, so I highly doubt he'll get into Michigan. He still wants to try. His believes getting into college isn't a "will or won't" process; it's a "could" process. Teenagers baffle me.
Boys seem to be especially wacky. My son is bright and works hard but has ADD and is young for the grade. It takes him a long time to get his work done...and, while he is doing well, his grades still don't reflect his effort and capabilities.
I feel badly for him because he does care and spends an inordinate amount of time on his work. The compares to our daughter, who's in 7th grade and gets all A's without doing any homework
We discovered last fall that our son tests very well (took the PSAT's), so he will probably be in the range of where he needs to be in to get in to Michigan...but certainly not a slam dunk candidate.
He's thriving at the small private high school that he's at, so Michigan might not even be the best environment for him.
What grade is your son in? Mine is finishing 10th grade.
Spending the summer (all of it) in northwest Montana near Glacier National Park. One of the benefits of being able to work remotely.
Cheers!
Hope all works out and you are able to get in the UP tour and fishing trip!
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I will be spending time on Burt Lake. Yell "Go Blue" at every boat that passes on Indian River and we're bound to see you.
Getting out of Flordia a couple weeks in July to head to the Blue Ridge Moutains in North GA. Will hit the Bigfoot Museum in Ellijay. I went last year and it was really cool. I just love being up in the Mountains where life is slower and unplugged.
For sure man! I don't remember hearing that name last year, but will make sure I find it.
Just got divorced so this is my first single summer in over 20 so I'm open for anywhere/anything.
I will be taking my three boys camping for the first time during my alloted time with the kids. The ex was a big no no on any place without 800 count threads, etc. Other than that I'm thinking London for a pub crawl. I've been to the continent but have yet to make it to England. Maybe Vegas for fight at Caesars or the MGM.
Anyone have ideas for new divorcees?
No idea, bud, and sorry to hear it.
I'd say if there was something on your bucket list tht seems productive but would never, ever happen while you were married should go on the list. For example, I would make almost immediately for the Appalachian or Pacific Coast Trails and disappear for a couple of weeks, just to give myself something to do but also the time and space to process a pretty major life change. But really I have no idea what to say for advice, only what I'd do and again, man, sorry to hear it.
about how you DIDN'T lose everything in your divorce?
sorry/congrats as needed.
Bucket list wise I think the Vegas fight vacation would be first followed by the London pub crawl.
Wife and I are going to Nashville for a long weekend the 17-20. We've never been and we've heard so many good things about the city, plus it was a super cheap flight from Charlotte. Really looking forward to it, especially if the Preds win the Cup. That'll make the city even more fun.
Other than that, I plan on playing a ton of golf. As much as my wife (and wallet) will allow.
They cook it.
Have some adventurous spirit.
Been a good week so far.
Turning forty so my high school buddies and I are going to Bend, Oregon for a weekend of whitewater rafting, copious beer drinking, sports trash talk, poker and general water based buffoonery with kayaking, paddle boarding, etc.
I cannot wait.
Thank you very much, I'll definitely check it out.
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Waiting for football season...
Visiting my brother in law for 10 days out in Victor Idaho, just across the pass from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Hiking, fishing, rafting, quad trips through Gros Ventre Mountain Range, etc.
My daughter is graduating from college in a week. No more tuition payments for either kid! Woohoo!
The whole family is headed to Yellowstone and environs for two weeks. I haven't been there since I was a kid. Really looking forward to it.
the new neighbors?
that gets him closer to their Consumers Engergy gas pipeline.