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I teach 2nd grade and tomorrow is the last day of school for the kids. I work 3 more days after that, and then it is break time. It's weird to think that when school starts back, my Aaron will be in Great Lakes. He graduated last Friday night. What a nice way to end high school! The ceremony was lovely. Thankfully, the speakers spoke quickly, without the tedious blah, blah, blahs that usually make up graduation ceremonies. We are in Central Florida, and the graduations are held in the football stadium. Man, it was HOT!!! It seems, every year I forget just how hot it is here, even though I have lived my entire life in Florida. The next graduation will be at PIR sometime in October. I'll bet it won't be too hot there.
I can't believe that I am the mother of two children who are already finished with high school. Where does the time go? My mom used to say that the older you get, the faster time flies. Of course I never believed it until I watched my boys become men, right in front of my eyes. It is like their lives have been caught on time-lapse photography. Cute babies one day, then grown men the next. How does that happen? I think I have become my mother!!
So, Aaron has been working out like crazy. He is really getting the pt part down pat. He's been doing crossfit five days a week - AND - he gets up at 5 am to go! He's looking better and stronger than ever. The Navy is already having an impressive impact on him. If only boot camp would have a "mow the lawn and take out the trash" test. Maybe he would practice with the same enthusiasm. HA! Well, a girl can dream...
Oh, here is something funny: We live in Lake County. When Aaron joined the Navy, part of the reason is because he was ready to get out of Lake County! He wants to see places other than Lake County! Now this is the funny part: Great Lakes is in...yep...Lake County! At least A school in Groton is not in the "LC".
And that is what's going on.
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