Missing Summer

Cowgrit has been lamenting the lost summer. With Calfgrit7 in a new school, on a year-round school schedule, now, we all feel like we’re missing summer. CG7 went into 2nd grade three weeks after finishing 1st grade — that’s just weird.

At first, we just accepted the short time out of school. It was new and different, but we were holding judgment on it until we’d actually gone through some time with it. But now it’s August and we really didn’t have a summer break. At home, it’s been just Cowgrit and Calfgrit3 all day, and they are both sorely missing CG7.

To make the deal even worse, some of CG7’s friends from the previous school year didn’t get moved to the new school, so they are all on their vacations. And on top of that, most of his friends who did get moved with him are on a different track schedule (there’s four), so they’re in and out of school at different times than him. Even his best friend is on a different track. (We tried to get them on the same track, together, but the friend got bumped.)

He’ll get another three-week break in September, during which we’ll be going to Disney World. But getting a short break at the beginning of summer and at the end of summer is not a “Summer Vacation.” Cowgrit has mentioned that she feels like she’s missing summer completely. And I agree, even though I spend my summer days in an office, like I spend my spring, fall, and winter days.

So far, this year-round school schedule isn’t something we like. Maybe it’ll start feeling more normal come fall and winter. Maybe we’ll be used to it by next summer. But right now we feel like we’ve been robbed of a part of our life’s routine.

Bullgrit
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