Summer Break
Tomorrow is our work day before diving into professional development and meetings, before parents and students visit classrooms and the first day of school arrives. I'm filled with anticipation as I arrange the library and get it ready for use, so it's naturally time for me to transition out of summer break mode and into my welcome-to-our-library setting. What did I do this summer? I slept. Goodness, I napped, ignored my usual sleep schedule, and made my bed daily, only to pull up my comforter from the bottom edge of the bed to cover my legs and feet whenever the urge to snooze hit. Charlie and Tish-Tish were very accommodating, joining me on the loveseat, on blankets next to the bed, or perched atop extra pillows near my head. While I was certainly exhausted from work and the upheaval in my personal life from the winter, I woke every morning and from every nap rested and relaxed. No stress, no panic, no anxiety. I cannot recommend sleep highly enough to yo...
