In which Neatnik day camps

Summer is officially here: temperatures have soared all week and Neatnik's summer day camp started on Tuesday of last week. One of the benefits of being an only child is you don't have to share your parents' attention with siblings. One of the downsides to being an only child is you have no siblings with whom to fight play during the summer. The child needs the socialization and I need the time she is there to workout and to try to keep chez trek running smoothly.

Camp is administrated by the town and the park where it is run is just a wee bit under a mile from home. Every camp morning last week, Neatnik and I walked to camp. I signed her in with her counselor and then I walked home. At the end of the camp day, I walk to the park to collect her and we walk home together while she tells me about the games they played.

We shall stick to this arrangement for the summertime - as long as it is not raining, of course. Rainy days camp is held indoors at a local school gym. It is farther from home: even with umbrellas, walking over a mile in the rain isn't so much fun.

This past week, I was able to do additional walking on two days and a good bike ride on one. One of the ways I try to keep the fitness from becoming boring is to vary routes and try to dual purpose those routes. My two extra walking days this week involved a trip to Neatnik's school to drop off some paperwork and a rather circuitous trip to the library.

I finally got around to printing out my certificate for my summer reading club reward. It was a set of eight i-Clip punctuation bookmarks.They are small and secure with a punctuation mark on one side and an arrow on the other so you can put the bookmark along the side edge of the page to point at your exact spot.

There's been a lot of reading so far this summer. Neatnik's earned her next two blue stars for her tae kwon do pants. Before camp, she does her math workbook but after camp, in the car, and in the evenings it is all about the reading. I've even been able to borrow a few Kindle books for her on Lendle. Did I mention that I coughed up the cash to become a Patron? Yeah, I did. No more ads and I'm supposed to earn more as a Patron.

Except that I've not had any requests to lend this past week.