Summer speed

 It's always far too long between posts! Posting is one of those things that I think of all the time but it gets pushed back due life...

I can't believe the summer is nearly over! Summer camps are completed, school supplies are purchased, haircuts are scheduled and our long awaiting trip to the Kennedy Space Center is completed. Today we had school orientation and met some of the new teachers for the year. Our beloved daycare closed in early June and we scrambled to find a new one so all of our kids will have new schools and teachers for the new year. I'm not quite ready to give up the kids being occupied until 5pm, the no evening commitments, and the light morning traffic that summer brings every year.

We live in an area that is highly effected by COVID right now which caused some challenges for the summer, primarily with our daycare being closed for 10 days with notice only being given the afternoon prior. We were able to work something out with a teacher there and our littlest spent the time at "Camp Living Her Best Life" having water play days, zoo and beach days, hair parties, and all sorts of special fun with her bestie for the time off. My work has been slammed and they are paying bonuses to anyone who wants to work extra and asking for volunteers to assist hospital-wide. I am looking forward to when we finally peak and the infection curve starts to go down again.

A continues to be very busy at work, which is a blessing. So busy in fact that I am able to resign from one of my three part time jobs. Between flying and Chief Pilot duties it feels like he works 10 hours a day, 7 days a week! The company is profitable though and continues to expand. Hopefully the future holds a raise for his CP duties and less flying days. I beg and beg him to set himself "office hours" so he isn't working all the time and has time carved out for the myriad of things falling through the cracks at home (car repairs, sprinkler repairs, budgeting...) but he seems to prefer to operate in crisis mode. Whatever the next crisis is is what gets his attention. And there is constantly some issue that needs attention with work. ALWAYS. But busy is good and it keeps our bills paid. One true blessing of COVID for us is that we have been able to make some significant headway in paying down our debt. In fact, we are nearly done with our snowball and almost ready to move on to another Baby Step (referencing Dave Ramsey here, which I highly recommend). 

In an unexpected move A's prior airline is working on getting back up and running in a new format. All of the pilot base is technically furloughed so pilots will be called back to work in accordance with the furlough policy. They only need a very small group of pilots right now though so we wouldn't expect to be called for some time. And there are bypass options as well so A wouldn't have to make a decision right away anyway. But he's already getting calls from the pilots he used to represent to discuss. I guess his rep duties will never end. But it is flattering that people continue to seek his opinion. I wonder about the pilots who will end up staffing the airline though- after all this time, is there a reason they haven't been hired by other airlines or moved on to other employment?

I hope that this fall brings us cooler temps, more routine to our days and weeks, and new and varied experiences for us all.