Well…
Things are going well here. Rye is heavily engrossed in football with practice every day. He loves it. He works really hard out on the field and takes it very seriously but it also having a lot of fun with it. And we lucked out with finding this team for him. The coaches are great and very age appropriate. They are tough but still fun as well. Which, since these kids are still 12 & 13, seems important to me. And it works well for him and makes it so he likes to go every day and work hard for them.
Rye is now officially 13 years old. A teenager. And he grew again. In the month since he had his sports physical he has grown an inch. He is now a week into 13 years old and just shy of 5′10″. Growing…growing…it’s incredible to watch.
I met with the school this week as Rye will be going back to public school this year. Not my first choice, but hey, that’s life sometimes. And he is excited to be with his friends. And excited for school dances, etc. etc. Much to my surprise, the school has cleaned house on their special ed department. And I mean cleaned house. All but one special ed teacher is gone and replaced. With more qualified special ed teachers (I guess my son wasn’t the only one having issues with their incredibly terrible staff). This is very good news for us! Very good news indeed. They also have a new person in charge of special ed services at the school to replace the short, sassy, suspension happy, sadistic man that was there before. Yay! Miracle. I apparently wasn’t the only one that hated the guy. I’m hopeful.
And, I am very excited for school to start. Although we have had a very fun summer, I’m ready to wrap it up. I’m ready for a routine. I’m ready for cooler weather. I’m ready for some regular time to myself. I’m ready for Rye to have a set schedule to keep his mind and body occupied and for me not have to be on entertainment duty nearly 24/7. I’m ready for early bedtimes and fall tv shows.
Ready, I say.
So, one and a half more weeks of summer.
Never in my life did I think I would hear myself say this but…
Bring on the school year!
