first week back.

Good morning from sweltering South Carolina!

The heat hit us like a ton of bricks this week. After getting used to cool mornings and no humidity, summer in our state seems fiercer than ever.

Nonetheless, it’s good to be home.

I read back over this post from our return from the road trip three years ago, and it made me very grateful that this re-entry couldn’t be more different. We don’t have school or co-op to catch up on (our last trip was in September) and David isn’t working. It’s been a delightfully slow, restful week, catching up on all the details like getting the oil changed and van washed and doing piles of laundry.

Here’s what else we’ve been up to:

 

Catching up with Grandpa and Mum-Mum.

 

Washing guinea pig cages

 

Washing guinea pigs!

 

Homeschool prep

 

Writing a novel

 

Building Lego battle scenes

 

Knitting

 

Reading

 

More reading!

 

Starting a National Parks puzzle our friends gave us

 

Finishing the puzzle on the same day!

 

Playing table tennis

 

And, of course, getting back to the river

 

We all started running again, and it feels hard. Even after hiking all those miles. Different muscles I guess. And did I mention that it’s hot here in July?? David also got back to his rhythm of studying Paul’s epistles in the mornings. I’m disciplining myself to do a couple hours of homeschool co-op prep each morning and feel much more prepared for the school year.

Judah went to see Black Widow in the theater last night with Grandpa and a group of friends from church. He reports that it’s “Amazing. Infinity War and End Game are in a category of their own, but otherwise, Black Widow is my favorite.”

The kids and I have two and a half weeks of summer left, and we’re determined to relish every minute!