Here in Australia, the school year has ended. Summer holidays run from here through all of January. And the wildest thing is that next year is the boy's last year in school. And the wilder thing is that you, Reader, were here for his very first day of kindergarten. I re-read the story of Jonathan's first day of kindergarten, to find the link for this post, and wow. That was not a great year. I think this year, 2020, also will go into the record books as not a great year, what with closing and then reopening and then reclosing and then reopening.... I'm hopeful that next year, Jonathan's last year of school, will be a good year, whatever that even means. Years have a way of just stacking themselves up, experience upon experience, and somehow you have built a life and a career and you have a few grey hairs and your baby boy is six foot four inches tall and finishing high school.
But guys, I am so glad it isn't 2008. That was a really awful year.
One really nice outcome of the pandemic is that the school awards night was pre-recorded and posted on YouTube, released at 7:00pm on a Friday night. We popped some popcorn and relaxed on our comfy sofa to watch.
(So much better than last year, when we waited for an hour to go into the auditorium, and then waited another half hour, and then sat through about 100 musical numbers, and then 50 talks, and then the awards, and then photos, and then another hour to get out of the auditorium, and then an hour to go home on the public transit. YouTube for the win!)
Happy summer vacation, world.
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