The first of the month also means new household scents!
I'm not sure why, but I derive a significant amount of pleasure from selecting scents for each month. And the pleasure doesn't stop there: you know I have a spreadsheet where I organize all the scents!
I also use that spreadsheet to organize other home decor.
Despite being home non-stop for the pandemic, I still wasn't able to use all of the July scents within the month.
But, not to fear: I have a plan for using every last ounce. I'm placing the unfinished "Endless Weekend" plug-in in the hall bathroom where I normally don't have a plug-in, along with the "Coconut Colada" soap. I typically have an "off" soap (ie. Method) in the hall bath, so this will be a nice way to use up a July soap while also getting to start a new August soap in our master bathroom.
The "Palo Santo" candle is too low to burn, but I dug out a candle warmer, and I'm going to get the last bits of that beautiful scent going in our bedroom. "Palo Santo" has to be one of my all-time favorite Bath & BodyWorks scents.
At the other end of the spectrum, this day also brings an impending sense of doom as the summer is drawing to a close.
Usually at this point in the season, I'm growing tired of summer and looking forward to the new school year. This year I have such mixed emotions though. For one thing: it hasn't felt like summer: no pool, no trips, no Barton Springs, no yoga, no walking at Brushy Creek. Even though all I do is "take it easy" on my couch, I haven't truly rested; my mind is always on COVID-19.
I'm looking forward to meeting my new students, seeing my co-workers, using our new LMS, Schoology, and having nine-week grading periods (something I've wanted for a long time). However, I am terrified at the idea of having to re-enter the school building and be around other people during a pandemic with no vaccine. I'm a rule-follower, and when Mayor Adler said, stay home: we did! I haven't been inside a building (with the exception of cleaning out my classroom) since March 15. No restaurants, breweries, HEBs, friends' houses: I haven't even been in my dad's house! So now the idea of eschewing all of those rules and spending 8 hours a day in a building with way more than 10 people is boggling my mind!
