Another Long Day, Part ?????

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Weather: low 73 degrees, high 89 degrees, rain early, then mostly cloudy

The high temperature was only 89 degrees today, but the humidity made it feel like 109. At least to me it did. I was all over town running errands, getting in and out of the truck, and the humidity made it seem like real work.

We started early and ended late again, like at 2100 hours. The results, at least to me, are getting better every day. With the weekend coming up, our workload should slow down a little bit. Of course, I already have a long list of things to do to get caught up from what I have been ignoring this week. Still, it'll be different stuff, and the pace should not be as fast.

It was late when we got home, and the campground hosts told us that they had been busy checking people in all day. The hosts were a little concerned that there were some large groups tent camping. That type of group tends to be a little louder and most of the time they have dogs that bark. The hosts told us to just shoot the noise makers if it got too noisy. Of course, we wouldn't do that. If there is a problem, I'm sure it'll be taken care of.

We had to wait to get in while a big motor home in front of us finished registering. The people had not been here before, so they didn't know where anything was. In addition, it was dark, so they were going to have to set up without the daylight. Sure, flashlights help, but it's difficult to see tree limbs, etc. We don't like to set up after dark, and do everything we can to not have to do it.

Does anyone my age remember when the kids started back to school from summer break? In my case, we always started a day or two before Labor Day, or the day after Labor Day. At the end of the school year, we were out before June 1. Has anyone noticed that the public schools seem to start earlier each year and let out for summer break later each year? My daughter Lori, who is a middle school science teacher, says it's because of several reasons. The school year has probably been lengthened by a few days, teacher in-service days have been added, weather days have been added, a spring break is taken now, and on and on and on. Is it my imagination, but do these extra days seem to not be helping with test scores?

More later, be safe.

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