How can it be August?
Aug. 9th, 2013 08:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xylieHad a good time last weekend at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Jake went for school one year and prior to that we went with Bev, George and Bridget for fun. This time we went with friends who have an 18-month old. Both James and baby Roan had a good time running about and exclaiming over fish, sea otters, and penguins.
The problem was the people. Everywhere I turned...people. I have certainly been to more densely populated areas, but I'm used to attacking the aquarium in March when there's less competition for space. Getting shots of the baby Loggerhead sea turtle, for instance, was quite the feat with people cramming in everywhere.
The boys have one more week to before going to school. Bridget is coming up to take them off on an adventure. Jakob's school sent us a flier requesting his presence for August 13...today. Sorry chums, you start school Aug 19, he gets a vacation. I'll go pick up the paperwork, but I think the schedule creep due to STAR testing is ridiculous. School gets out now two weeks after STAR finishes and starts waaaay too early in August...when most schools do not have the budget for AC.
The only upside is that this has been a relatively cool summer. The September sneak attack is coming, I'm sure, but nothing has been as awful as that one week in June promised. Overall, it's been a survivable summer.
The problem was the people. Everywhere I turned...people. I have certainly been to more densely populated areas, but I'm used to attacking the aquarium in March when there's less competition for space. Getting shots of the baby Loggerhead sea turtle, for instance, was quite the feat with people cramming in everywhere.
The boys have one more week to before going to school. Bridget is coming up to take them off on an adventure. Jakob's school sent us a flier requesting his presence for August 13...today. Sorry chums, you start school Aug 19, he gets a vacation. I'll go pick up the paperwork, but I think the schedule creep due to STAR testing is ridiculous. School gets out now two weeks after STAR finishes and starts waaaay too early in August...when most schools do not have the budget for AC.
The only upside is that this has been a relatively cool summer. The September sneak attack is coming, I'm sure, but nothing has been as awful as that one week in June promised. Overall, it's been a survivable summer.
