New summer routines

Now that school is done and the summer has officially started I am happy to have a new routine. Even though it's fun to have a day off from school it was always stressful too. Trying to make sure I had nice clothes with me to change into if I was going to my fancy job, making sure I had gym clothes if it was a gym day, making sure I had a baggie of nuts or a banana for a snack, making sure my sisters had places to go since we tried to avoid being home with Aunt Elaine by ourselves.

Even though this is temporary before we move again in a month and a half, I can't stop feeling like it's temporary before we just go back to the Bronx to Aunt Elaine's house. It's like post traumatic stress or whatever that Vietnam thing is called.

Alex started her fancy dance camp on Long Island and is in heaven. Because her commute takes so long by the time she gets home I am finishing work and I can meet Alex before going to the diner. Alex has balls of steel - she already asked Josh's dad if she can have two camp friends sleep over Friday night. Danielle starts her mother's helper thing next week so this week she is doing nothing but sleeping until noon, then taking a bubble bath and then watching whatever she wants on tv all afternoon.

I am scheduled to work three nights each week and then one morning on the weekend at the diner. It seemed like they were a little angry at me for not working there full time since school is out, but the owner didn't come right out and say that. They just kept pushing me to take a weekend day shift and a fourth night shift. I really don't want to. Maybe in August I'll do it, but for now I just want a little bit of a break.