What are your plans for summer vacation?

[Alumette]

Today is effectively the last day of school for me! We have finals until Friday, but today being the last day of instruction, my mind is turning to summer vacation. (Who am I kidding? My mind has been on summer vacation since March). :)

Anyway, what do you plan to do this summer? My plans/goals include (in no particular order):

-Curriculum development for my ballet company's professional school which opens this fall (since I've been hired as faculty there! woo!)
-Curriculum development for my French classes for next year since we ordered new textbooks
-Designing the new course I hope to teach year after next, and writing a proposal for the school board to get said course approved (it's a high-school level Linguistics course, in case you're wondering)
-Working on my book (that poor project has been languishing since last summer) and sending proposals out to publishers
-Playing COH
-Continuing my ballet off-season conditioning/cross-training, and taking ballet class
-Learning Portuguese
-Learning to skateboard
-Sitting by the lake chilling out and enjoying our legendary ice cream while grooving to live bands
-Volunteering at the teen center

I can't wait! :) I'll probably end up going in to school for a couple weeks just to get my classroom set up early, so when I come back in August it's easy, but we'll see.

How 'bout you?

[Meltman]

*Whine* I want a summer vacation..... :cry:

[Tsarmina]

*astonished over Al's to do list*
Man, I was just looking forward to attending a few Ren Fairs this Summer/Fall.

[Grae Knight]

Summer vacation??? I don't remember what those are.

[Sebastian Kain]

Start my reign of terror over the Western Hemisphere...

[Solario]

Not to be mean, Alu, but I think it takes more than a summer to learn portuguese and skateboarding. :)

-Play CoH.
-Buy & Read Comics (& regular books).
-Draw a little... maybe.
-Drinking. And lots of it probably.
-Relaxing with my friends.
-See, buy and play Batman Begins.
-Working out... maybe.
-Going to the beach and getting a minimal tan like always.

[Tsarmina]

Also, I took a vacation back in April... the winters in CT can feel so long and it's so warm in FL.

*sigh* I remember summer vacations... vaguely.

[Alumette]

Bwahahahaaa... a feeling I remember all too well from my days as a corporate drone. Then the Internet money-bubble burst, I was out of a career, and I abandoned the dark side, went back to university, and became a teacher. And now I get summer "vacation"! Woo!

I put it in quotes because as you can see, very little of it is spent the way vacations should be spent--i.e. lounging around near some body of water engaging in mindless self-indulgence--but at least I can put time in on personal projects/goals.

That said, very few teachers spend the summer vacationing. Laws require that we have to maintain a certain level of scholarship to keep our teaching licenses, so most teachers spend at least part of their summers going back to school (which they usually have to pay for), to stay current. That, and/or going in to school to work on curriculum development and the like; things which are also required and which we usually don't have time to do during the school year.

Not that I'm complaining. At least I get 3 months out of the year where my time is flexible. But I just wanted to clarify that [a] just because teachers get summers without students doesn't mean they get summers totally free, and [b] I've been in the Land of Two-Weeks' Vacation a Year, and I feel your pain.

:)

[8 Ball]

Vacation? :P

Sersiously there are a few things me & wifey are doing over the next few months.

- Going to the cottage as many weekends as possible
- Seeing the Blue man group perform in Toronto in July
- Both my friends Bachoeler (sp?) party & my own are occuring this summer :D
- Not much else really, just day to day nonsense :P.

[Alumette]

Not to be mean, Alu, but I think it takes more than a summer to learn portuguese and skateboarding. :)



I don't think that's mean at all, Solario. It's true. But I didn't say I was going to *master* Portuguese and skateboarding this summer. I said I was going to spend my summer learning them. And since learning is lifelong, it works out.

No matter what happens, I will definitely know more Portuguese and be better at skateboarding by the end of the summer than I was at the beginning. :p

[Tsarmina]

I remember going to a local amusement park during my summer vacation from school and seeing my science teacher working at one of the booths. O_o So some teachers work thru their summer too.

[Larke]

the same thing I do every day Alumette,... try to take over the world! mwahahaha....

but anyway... really I'm a stay at home mom trying to have a business that isn't taking off *cry* hopefully it will and this summer will be busy... most people sell houses in the summer right? (i do virtual 360degree tours for real estate agents) but my 14 year old brother will be visiting in july, so that'll be cool :)

[Tarberetta]

Summer vacation? What's that?

[Gaia]

Lets see here summer will consist of in no particular order:

-Playgroups for my kids
-Meeting up with Nyx and Starcrosser a few times
-Parades, festivals and RenFairs
-Taking Talia to pre-gymnastics
-Taking Talia to ballet
-Taking Talia to soccer (football for the rest of the world)
-Taking Talia to musical company theater
-Taking Quinn to Gymboree
-Playing CoH late at night after June 24th
-Buying books and comics
-working on scripts for comics
-drawing pictures that I'm behind on (if I promised pics let me know I don't have a list anymore)
-Roadtrip once or twice to the coast and/or the High Desert Museum in Bend
-Barbques (any Northwesterners up for a party?)
-Picnics
-Visiting Oaks Park for a few hours
-Many Zoo Trips (we're members)

[Bari Jon]

Summer vacation? I know what summer is and I know what vacation is, but both of those together? Wow, what a concept! :D

Actually, the summer is going to pretty busy for me in between working and sleeping:

Playing CoH
My bands have performances every weekend which started last Saturday and goes all the way through 2nd week of September. (one of those is at Oaks Park for their 100th B-day 6/18)
Playing CoH
Meet up with NW CoH'ers? (BBQ's sound like a lot of fun)
Riding my bicycle
Playing CoH (notice a pattern here?)
Finishing my CPA licensing
Family reunion in July
Music arranging for my band

So, pretty much busy all summer... yay!

[Bolero]

-Playing COH
-read (i have about a hundred books to read and I never have enough time to read during school)
-Sing...a lot :chuckle:
-Write (another thing i dont get to do enough)
-Play my clarinet so I can get better
-Village Harmony world music camp and New England concert tour (If anyone lives in the New England area, were probably gonna sing somewhere near you)
- Band Camp (yeah I realize Im a dork)
-Do things outside like swim, hike, garden, kayak
-I think thats it... I guess Im pretty boreing :p

[Tarkenchi]

-Game
-Saxaphone
-Guitar


S'all :(

[Kinetix]

-Lounge around the house
-Watch TV
-Play CoH
-Get into comics more/read them
-See cool summer flicks
-Draw
-Hang around with friends, Lots of LAN parties
-Go to California to see family
-Go to Europe (England, Scotland, Netherlands for vacation)

you know, the usual :cool:

[Esbat]

Summer... vacation? What is this you speak of Yummy?

I shall be:

- Selling collectibles on eBay
- Waiting on my settlement check
- once said check comes buying books, clothes, car repairs before school starts
- see Batman Begins and Fantastic 4
- Play CoH
- Beta CoV
- or, if the CoV doesn't pan out, hunt down Cook and Emmert... I'll have plenty of time
- various comic gigs (scripting, colors, lettering)
- The new Radio drama for the Guru boards
- And basically bother, pester, oogle ya'll on AIM, the boards, and ingame :cool:

[Diesel76]

Summer vacation?

I work from home... everyday is a vacation.

At least that's what everyone else tells me. I wish it were true. :chuckle:

Really, though, my big plans for the summer include working extra long hours so I can get all the work done that I need to before a trip to Europe. Then soending One week in Normandy, 2 Days on the French Riviera, 3 Days in Rome, 2 days in Venice and 1 week in southern Germany. And then when I get back from that I plan to work extra long hours so I can make up for all the work I missed when I was in Europe. :p It's a vicious cycle.

[Alumette]

Really, though, my big plans for the summer include working extra long hours so I can get all the work done that I need to before a trip to Europe. Then soending One week in Normandy, 2 Days on the French Riviera, 3 Days in Rome, 2 days in Venice and 1 week in southern Germany. And then when I get back from that I plan to work extra long hours so I can make up for all the work I missed when I was in Europe. :p It's a vicious cycle.

You forgot "And I'm taking Alumette with me."



;)

[WingedAvenger]

I already had my vacation. Took a trip to San Diego for my birthday last month. It was sort of my last hurrah before the baby comes and everything changes.

Oh and BTW, you might see a lot less of me in CoH for at least the next couple of weeks. GTA:SA finally came out for the PC today, and I'm currently lost in a world of drug deals and drive-bys. :cool:

[Stan Walker]

mine involve working out like a big dog..then going to dragoncon...meeting old and new friends..drinking into oblivion and im sure if SK has anything to say about it me doing something stupid :)

[Diesel76]

Originally Posted by Alumette
You forgot "And I'm taking Alumette with me."
:D While I would love to take you along Alumette, I'm not made of money yet. And on this trip I'm taking my parents along as a birthday gift to my father.

However, you're at the top of the list for next time. I'm sure it would be a blast.

[sheld0n]

Ill most likely spend the big part of my vacation in the sunny lands of telemarketing.

[Tsarmina]

I'll most likely spend the big part of my vacation in the sunny lands of telemarketing.
AAaarrrrrrggg! *changes phone number*
I did that for a whole week, didn't sell a damn thing. But I did get hit on a few times. :lol: