The Lee Family: Last Day of School and a NEW Car!

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Last Day of School and a NEW Car!

Today was the official last day of 3rd grade for Olivia and 7th grade for Sofia, even though it certainly didn't feel that way. The entire time that the girls were home due to the Covid-19 virus has felt more like a limbo between actual school and summer. Both girls have had limited school work each day and no contact with friends aside from FaceTime calls and texts. The girls have enjoyed sleeping in each morning, eating breakfast and then doing their school work for the day which normally took them about 1-2 hours total! After they were done with their school work, they could watch something on their iPad/computer, play MineCraft together and/or write their next novel. They spent their time on the trampoline and/or swimming. They also loved spending time making slides of Warrior cats and stories that go along with each character. Olivia had a final WebEx with Mrs. Smith and her classmates on Thursday morning and Sofia had received emails from most of her teachers the week before. Olivia was really blue that the WebEx was the end. It still felt weird that school was just "over" without any real feeling of a finish. Both girls were more than happy to continue sleeping in and NOT do any school work. School was certainly strange, but summer promises to be relaxing and different, as well. We'll see how it goes.

After the final WebEx, the girls "celebrated" with their final day of school and posed for a few photos for me. After the photo session, CK and I drove down to the Sowell BMW dealer to buy a brand new X5! My sweet Mercedes-Benz GL 450 had finally reached the end of our relationship together. I loved that 10 year old car, but I'd promised CK the next big mechanical fix would mean the end of us owning it. Unfortunately, it started deciding when it should start and not and that fix turned out to be a pretty expensive undertaking, so we decided to trade it in for a new car. We'd loved at the BMW X-series a few months ago and I loved the size and feel of the X5. It's smaller than the GL 450 but zippy and fun. We picked out a blue X5 and it couldn't be more perfect! We signed all the paperwork and then our salesman, Xander, took us to a room, opened the door and there was the blue X5 with a big bow on it! It was SO cool! We took a few photos and then I drove it off the lot! So exciting!!

That afternoon, the girls swam and both wanted to celebrate the end of the school year with a cake, which they picked out from Market Street earlier that day. So, after a fun time swimming and dinner, the girls enjoyed some delicious cake and were more than happy with the end of the school year. We hope that the upcoming school year starts normally and continues without a huge disruption in their learning and friendships, but time will tell.

Olivia's final 3rd grade WebEx with Mrs. Smith and her classmates. She was really sad to say goodbye and not get a chance to actually see her friends.