I also forgot to bring my lunch with me, so Janelle and the younger boys stopped by my room and we went out lunch. We tried the Caribou Family Restaurant, and all of us enjoyed our meals. This summer, we had several of our cabin guests ask us for recommendations for local places to eat. We realized that our experience in that area is pretty limited, so we decided we should change that by checking out some of the places ourselves.
I then returned to my classroom. One task that I am particularly proud of is the timeline (which is made up of dates on notecards grouped into time periods by color and set at regular intervals) that I set up around the top border of the classroom. I like standing in the middle of the class and allowing myself to follow the timeline, recalling what I have learned about major turning points in history. It's kind of like being a time traveler.
After finishing the timeline in my classroom and picking up Trevor (he was given hot dogs for lunch), I returned home, and Janelle and I prepared the cabin for our guests who are arriving tomorrow. Woodpeckers were playing percussion on the walls. While vacuuming, I reflected on how our vacuum was still performing well (aside from a burned out bulb) despite being as old as Trevor. Before I finished vacuuming, an important component fell off the machine.
With the help of a YouTube video, and a couple of hours of experimentation, I had the vacuum reassembled and in working order. I am a little concerned about a couple of small pieces that were left behind on the floor when I was done, but they don't seem essential ... I hope.
We ate a wonderful dinner, and then Janelle gave all of us hair cuts. After putting the boys to bed, we watched the fifth episode of the Defenders and decided to call it a night. I also received notice that I officially completed both of my summer classes with 4.0s. This post was the final task that I planned on completing. Now that it's done, I'm going to bed.