This Could Be a Very Long Summer

With Caroline refusing to go to the pool, a mixed blessing, and all camp money already allocated for everyone for the summer, and most of Caroline's camps cancelled, I am looking ahead to the rest of the summer with some dread. I am hoping to get her hooked on reading other book series besides The Lightning Thief, since she has read and re-read those dozens of times. There are so many places to go and so many things to do around here, but with money very tight in our household, a lot of it is cost-prohibitive. So we have to focus on the free things, which include the beach, the library, and I am trying to think of other things. If you live in the Hampton Roads area, and you know of great free activities, let me know. Caroline still seems manic, too irritable and too hyper-focused, very snappy. She keeps thinking I am yelling at her when I am obviously not. I wish we had some lake house somewhere that we could escape to every summer, for a nice change of scenery, if you know what I mean. Dream on....