I took today off work to hang out with Gabe at his school. All the 8th graders were doing service projects in the community. Gabe’s group had been selected to go over to teh Elementary school and help the 2nd graders wrap presents .. and do some other chores around the school. We spent about 2 and a half hours making pinatas, taking down posters, folding cards, tearing out worksheets.. etc. It was slow and peaceful. The teacher we were working with. Emily, turned out to be something of Deadhead.. so we talked music while the kids worked.. . I wasn’t allowed to take pictures over there without getting permission from the kids parents.. so.. Phooooey..
After our work at the elementary school, we headed back to the middle school. Gabe and his group had an Exploratory class today which involved making cookies… again.. no pictures of kids allowed.. so I took pictures of their cookies.. Aren’t they lovely ?
I gave a post-cookie talk on the colony.. to Gabe’s class. I think it went pretty well.. then we all came home.. That was the sum-total of my day..
TO be honest.. I’m not very good at this relaxing business… It’s kind of hard for me to stop suddenly lie that. My fingers are still itching to work or build something. .. But I’m going to really work on relaxing this break (wait.. is that an oxymoron ? ) One thanksgiving I stayed up most nights programming for fun.. this time I’m going to try and reduce my screen time and spend more time hanging out with family..
