When does it start? How are you going to spend it? This perennially popular topic deserves a thread of its own.
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When does it start? How are you going to spend it? This perennially popular topic deserves a thread of its own.
“When does it start” is a rather tricky question for a homeschooler. My two AP classes ended in early may with the AP exams, my online writing class also ended in early may, and I finished biology on monday, but I’ll still be working on math and Latin for a few more weeks.
Summer will completely begin on June 21, when my friend from summer camp (CTY) comes. She’ll stay with me for a week, then we both go to CTY (at LMU) where we will be in Philosophy of Mind for 3 weeks. After that she flies back to Colorado, but I will stay on at CTY for another 3 weeks of ethics.
After that I’ll be home for a few days, and then my family is going on vacation for a couple weeks (I can’t think where at the moment, my brain isn’t working).
I know last year there were a few other MBers going to CTY. Will anyone be at the LMU site (the one in Los angeles) this year?
It starts on the 12th of June. I will be rushing off that very day to go kayak until the 16th, and then sitting around, possibly hanging out with my friends and doing various theater stuff if any opportunity arises, until July 14, when (hopefully) there will be a kokonvention. I’ll probably kokonvene with Cinnamoon sometime this summer (or at least I hope so) and maybe I’ll get a job. I’ve got a swimsuit now, so I’ll definitely put that to use.
And then I’ll read.
And read.
And read.
My summer vacation starts on Friday, the 13th of June. Which is when I return home. I am going to spend my vacation working in a day camp, attempting to draw a little action comic that I had an idea for, and forum chatting.
2- Not this summer. Winter is more likely.
*Looks at everyone’s start dates*
*Screams*
*Runs away*
My summer begins on June 27, the day after school’s out, when I get on the plane to Space Camp. Then I’ll come home on July 5th, and go to the NYC Kokonvention sometime in July.
School ended yesterday!
Speaking of that, why am I up this early?
On Monday I am going to be a CIT (Counselor in training) at the day camp that my mom is assistant director of.
Then I’m going to rural Vermont to help my crazy Buddhist aunt with her kids and organic chicken and sheep farm.
Then I go home and Work at the day camp for the rest of the summer.
In short, my summer is basically wasted.
weeps bitter tears of regret. I have exactly eight days left. only 4 days of school.
4- Winter, then.
I’m terribly sorry. *gives pies*
…June 12.
Anyone up for a Kokonvention? Minnesota? Wisconsin? Upper Midwest?
june 5.
5 more school days!
hmm..I’m already out. whew.
6- I don’t know, why are you up? I haven’t been awake before 10 since school ended.
9- Wisconsin!!!!!! I’ll be up there this summer. Or how about Florida?
11- Same here. Thank God it’s Summer.
9 – *raises hand* I’m in Minnesota. Pretty close to Wisconsin. But it depends howfar…
I’m out on the 5th.
OMG! Tomorrow is my last full day!
Then I have exams until Wednesday, and then, I’m FREE! 
Of course, my family goign on vacation this year. Sadly, by sister’s graduating, so we’re taking her to the beach. Then, we’re going to Charleston, South Carolina, Disney Word, and Savannah Georgia. After that, I’m planning on working on my garden and volunteering at the Conservator’s Center!
I’m in the midwest, actually.
Tomorrow is my last day of high school ever.
Wow. A big day. Congratulations! And tell us about it after it’s over.
16- most of it will be a picnic at the lake as well as a big assembly and a slide show and goodbyes. Oh, now I’m sad. Well, I’m glad to be done but I’m going to miss people!
Yay! We get out on the sixteenth.
13 – Near St. Paul. In the Metro area.
15-Wow! If you’ll forgive the extremely corny question, are you sad or excited? (*feels corny and unoriginal*, but I really had to know)
*gasps* Here goes Hypatia’s summer plans:
French emersion camp
Visiting extended family (mostly in Mediterranean area)
Sailing camp
drawing program (?)
track pre-season in late August
ENGLISH Sleepaway camp (which I am pining away for)
And I cannot wait…
Several finals and final project still to go, then some bizzare 8th grade graduation ceremony before freedom and happiness… *impatient cricket* June 15th, the beacon of light for my fairly bleak existence (the last few weeks of school bear an uncanny resemblance to the last 100 of a hard mile).
Summer plans:
3-week residential camp (Topics in Chemistry) at CTD at Northwestern University!!!
Hang out
Read
Play video games
Go on vacation
RELAX!!!
Hypatia — you’re taking sailing camp? Awesome! Where do you sail?
But between now and then, it’s solid finals. Ugh.
Space Shuttle Discovery, take me with you!
22-Internet paranoia prevents me from disclosing more than “somewhere in the Northeast Corner.” I sail JY’s, lazers, and optis (floating bathtubs to a degree, but I adore ’em). Are you nautically involved?
Last day of school is June 6th, next Friday. It’s only a half day, though. On the 20th I head off to Camp Thunderbird, in Minnesota, for two solid months. Yay! Then four days after I get home on August 12th, we (mi familia y yo) go to Colorado.
For us it is June 5th. We had a snow day, it was supposed to be June 4th. Last year we got out on the 11th becuase of 2 snow days. We are going to the Smokey Mountains! We were supposed to be going to a ranch. I really wanted to go to the ranch
but we are going to Tennessee.
19- I live in my house. in a yard. on a block. in a neighborhood. in a town or city. in a county. in Minnesota. So, yes, I’m Minnesotan.
Okay, as well as my detailed yet purposefully obscure description of where I live soon I’ll be in a room. in a dorm. at a college (small liberal arts yay!), in a city/town. in the midwest.
20- just saw your question. I’m both sad and excited. Sad to leave people that I’ve really come to care about, excited to be done with the work (I’m in the IB program, google it (GAPAs it is in many schools and wouldn’t identify mine) which is a lot of work) and to go on to new experiences.
23- “Don’t forget me!”
GO SAILING CAMP!!! *cheers*
28-Thanks for answering my question, despite its corniness. Its odd, you’d think that the answer would be blatantly obvious and paraded all over the place, but I’ve never really succeeded in getting an outright answer to it. Muc ‘ppreciated!
27 – Kokon???
30-Woot! Hip Hip Huzzah!
28- You are/were in the International Baccalaureate program?
Cool. My school is IB, so right now I’m IB prep. Even now, ’tis evil amounts of work.
Ahhhh! I am drawn to this thread!
*Screams agaiin*
*Runs away*
I have free time, theater day camp, and hopefully an NYC kokon!
9 – Whereabouts in the midwest? Depending on the state and city, I might be able to make it.
12 – Florida might work for me…what part? My parents know a few people in Jacksonville, so possibly I could make a konvention stop on the way to see them.
15 – Lucky you! I’ve heard that senior year is easier than junior – is that true? I’m hoping so…congrats on finishing IB, by the way. My school doesn’t offer it, but I’ve heard it’s one of the best programs to go through for high school.
My summer started on the 23. Looking at all of your activities, I feel really lazy since I’ll mostly be at home. My only activities of note at the moment are:
Nightwish concert – squee!
Waverly Hills tour – not a ghost hunting expedition, but I’m still excited ^.^
Library volunteering – fun with shelving…
Mostly, I’m hoping to devour the stacks of books I’ve been hoarding since September and will finally have time to read!
Any other MBers planning to attend this summer’s NJCL convention?
Wow. I haven’t posted in a while.
My summer starts on June 24. Then I’m going to camp for 2 weeks and visiting relatives for 2 weeks, then possibly voluntering at my churches vacation bible school.
I’m not doing anything this summer…except I do get to go see Micheal Franti & Spearhead perform live….and maybe go to the Power to the Peaceful festival later.
Hypatia — I was more wondering if it was on a big/small body of water, or river/lake, etc. I sail almost every day in the summer–my family goes to Lake Michigan and it’s absolutely beautiful. My grandpa has a JY which I sail sometimes, but my favorite boat is a Sunfish, because they’re small and easily managable to sail alone, which is what I often do because I don’t really have anyone else to sail with.
37 – I was thinking Minnesota.
Sleep. That’s…. pretty much it. Oh, but I might just wake up for a Paramore concert coming to Rhode Island in July.
Just for one day, though.
I’ll pretty much be sleeping the whole summer.
My birthday’s July 3!!!
Hopefully I’ll still be here for that!!!
I AM GOING TO CTD FOR CHEMISTRY!!!
24- Could you make it to NYC sometime in July?
Is anyone going to be near Monterey Bay in July?
44, 45- Check the DC thread, we have sort of a Kokon plan going on for July.
43- Happy early birthday!!!!!!!!!!
46 – Thanks.
40-
Its a bay! Only body of water I have ever sailed on, but Lake Michigan must be gorgeous. I’ve never been in a Sunfish, but they look ludicrously fun. I tried windsurfing once; it turned out as a royal fiasco, mostly because there wasn’t any wind, and I crashed into a grand total of three motorboats (all docked, luckily for me 
).
Summer is on June 13th. I have noooooo plans, except to go to COLORADO! (ymca of the rockies!) for a family reunion. Which I am very muchly looking forward to!
Summer is exciting! It would be cool if by some random coincidence, we were all in the same place at the same time and had an impromptu MuseBlogger Party!
49 –
And when will THAT happen?
Anyone up for a Baltimore kokon? I’m going there third week of June, I think.
50- Love to, but I get back from a beach camping trip with my grade on Monday, babysitting Tuesday, beach day with my class Wednesday, field day Thursday, and the talent show/piano concert on Friday. And a graduation ceremony Wednesday evening.
Yeah, that’s not happening with me.
I get out on Thursday. Then a week or so after that I’m going to FL! (Disney World! Disney World!) For a week.
And then I have nothing planned, although there’s Warped Tour in July, Projekt Revolution in July, and Paramore is coming here in August..
It starts on June 12th. I’m not doing anything significant, but I’m pretty sure that my best friend is coming here for a month! I’m happy!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, not now. Now I’m annoyed because I drew a picture with chalk in our backyard, but from the doorway, it appears upside down. I wnated my parents to look at it, but apparently it’s not important enough for them to move themselves over the big air conditioner to go outside and look at it right side up, Even upside down, all they did was glance at it and say rather absently, “Very nice, honey.” I know it sounds stupid, but I spent half an hour working on it, and got a horrible cramp in my knee from crouching. I also got my favorite pants very dirty because of it. And they refuse to look at it.
Sorry for double post, the box shrank. At the end of the summer I’m going to dance camp. Yay me!
In the fairly unlikely event that I survive until its commencement, summer break promises to be delightful. My decades project promises to be a…problem…
Summer can’t come soon enough.
37- Hmm, I was going for Tampa Bay. Wait, a bunch of us seem to be heading to Disney World, what about there?
52- I may see the Warped Tour when it comes in a few weeks.
My Unabriged Summer Schedule:
Go to a few camps
Go to WI
Hang around my house all day
And not necessarily in that order.
Mlaaaaaaaaah
Summer? EXAMS.
Theeeeen summer. I think a two months of nothing is my reward for surviving/passing exams.
And that is my planfor summer, you know. Nothing. Probably lots of reading, writing, and working out for no good reason. And falling asleep on the beach only to wake and discover that I am tomato-coloured, my hair is filled with sand, and something agressive-looking (Seagull, dog, large tourist, etc.) is nibbling away at my food, or, (worst case scenario) my book.
I might also volunteer byu
Sorry, the comment box shrank unexpectedly.
I might also volunteer teaching English to Spanish-Speaking kids.
Natch.
Hypatia (48): I’ve seen people windsurfing, and it looks really hard! I’ve knocked into a few boats before (while on a sunfish). It took me awhile to get used to steering when I was first learning
60-Teehee! Yes, I’d say its a pinch on the hard side, though I think I was unnaturally challenged.
When it boils down to it, its fairly easy to ram into boats, particularly the larger ones. Last summer, I was in a JY race, and we capsized on top of a yacht, because we were arguing about who should skipper…
My mean big sister is turing 13. SHE’LL BE MEANER THAN EVER! She’ll also freak out more if I stand in the same room that she is in. She says I’m annoying and evil even when I’m quiet.
45-I’m always “near” monterey…it’s like, and hour///or two…or maybe three…by car. so yeah. Why?
I have a Sunfish! Unfortunately, I don’t have anywhere to sail.
45- Sadly, no.
61- I’ve bumped into tons of boats. Those big shiny yachts with ridiculous names.
Alice / Hypatia — have you ever done tipping wars? I volunteer at a sailing camp during the summer, and we have tipping wars on low-wind days. Basically, all of the boats (we work with sunfish) go out into the lake, and sail around. The boats steer next to each other and someone jumps from one boat onto the next, grabs their mast, and leans back — tipping the other person’s boat (It requires at least 2 people per boat). It’s an exercise on righting capsized boats, and it’s really fun!
52- *throws hands up* Whoah! Which city is Paramore coming to that you’re seeing? Because I might see the PA one, the RI one, or the MD one.
So, guess what????? My mom signed me up for the fourth year in a row for British Challenger soccer camp!!!!!! A buch of professional british dudes come to the US and do soccer camp. I’m soooooooooooooooo ecxsplided!!!!!!
65- AGH, I wish! It sounds like so much fun! But we weren’t allowed to capsize (probably since it was a beginning course), at least not on purpose. My boat filled up with water, but we didn’t capsize!
I wanted to do it again this year, but I had the kokon, and they didn’t have the same course (or an intermediate one, which I feel ready for), and it didn’t coincide with my spring break.
66- Lucky. My soccer camp is just the local college’s team teaching us stuff. (Surprisingly, those Jamaicans and Dominicans are amazing)
52 – Are you in NJ?? sounds like it from that line up of concerts…
my summer break starts on December 17th
wahhhhh
65-Yeeees! And it uber fun. I love doing the walk-overs, particularly since last summer was the first year that I was actually tall and heavy enough to tip the boat back over.
67-We’re usually not allowed to as it supposedly ruins the sails, however, occasionally, they make an exception!
I really like kayak rodeo, which lacks the in-control feeling of sailing but is very fun despite it. It happens on all the intergenerational elderhostels, and I generally get to join in whether I’m on the tour or not, because I love it dearly. Plus I won a game once. (Yay!) But anyway, there are a number of games, one of which involves everyone pushing their kayaks right up next to each and holding onto the side of the boats, in order to form a sort of rafts. Everyone takes turns getting out of their boats, walking across the back of the raft, and getting back in their boat. It’s amazingly fun.
I probably won’t participate in the intergens this year, but thats OK ’cause I’m going to a kayak symposium in a mere eleven days!!! And I’m going to learn to roll, I SWEAR IT!!! Five-year-olds can do it, why can’t I? Kids my age can learn in a few hours, so it shouldn’t be too hard. I just… don’t like the thought of being under there, strapped in, upside-down. I can only hold my breath for a little while.
69-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
post 63?
I’m going to Tampa this Friday, but it’s for a wedding. No kokon.
My summer vacation starts on June 5th. I will spend it taking an awesome drama class in summer school and taking a two week vacation with my family to the black hills area.
57 – Kokonvention at Disney World? *gets giddy imagining all the potential for Mostly Harmless schemes*
69 – Wow, maybe my summer doesn’t start so late after all. Do you live in Australia?
So no other CTYers here?!?
76 – I’m going to CTD. Is that the same thing?
75- That’d be so great. No way that I could go, though.
CTY?
79 – Center for Talented Youth.
CTD = Center for Talent Development.
I think CTD may be similar to CTY, but run by a different organization. CTY is run by Johns Hopkins.
I know last summer there were a few other MBers going to CTY…Have they all abandoned MB?
Kokonilly thought she might be going, but I’m not sure whether she did. Green Qween and La Mort were avid CTYers, but GQ hasn’t been around since last August, and I think La Mort said she wasn’t going back this year.
My sister is doing this “People to People” thing next year. I’m too young to do that stuff.
I’m going to Cincinnati and Tennessee for summer.
83- One of my friends is doing that and going to China.
I spent the day at the local water park with my friend, which reminded me how awesome water parks are. I’ve gotta get back there soon.
82- What did happen to Green Qween? I had her email for a while, but I lost it in the fire, annoyingly enough.
83- I did that last year and went to Australia.
My big sister is going to Washington D.C.
ONLY 1 HOUR OF SCHOOL LEFT TOMORROW! Well, one hour and ten minutes.
I’m going to CTD, not CTY. I’m going to Northwestern for three weeks doing Topics in Chemistry. Go chemistry!
82-Yeah, I found that on the CTY thread from last year. The only other one I can think of is Sobriquet, who went to CTY Lancaster last year and will be back this year, but who also seems to have disappeared from MB.
Why do none of the MB CTYers go to LMU?!?
1 1/2 days left!
I got off about two weeks ago.
Has anyone seen Avatar Book 3: 14 and 15? God, Mai and Ty Lee are weird!
75 –
throws a punch at youumm no. I’m in New Zealand. were the smaller, cooler (temperature wise) sheepier country next door. Its a hole over here.I was supposed to go to the CTY last year thing but I threw a temper tantrum, burned the forms and refused to go because I wanted to be with my friends and who can deal with learning in the SUMMER . Not me thats for sure.
hehe
♥
TCF
I graduated last night! No more school until August! YAAAAAAAAAY!
94-lucky person. i’ve still got some time to wait.
93-Oh my. I have never heard of anyone throwing a temper tantrum to avoid going to CTY. It’s not just like more school, really.
As far as spending a summer with friends, CTY is the best place to do that. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know anyone when you get there, within a few days you’ll be surrounded with very close friends.
Also, saying you won’t go to CTY because you don’t want to learn in the summer is like saying you won’t read Muse because some of it is educational. The learning at CTY is fun. You can take fun, interest subjects and be with a lot of other smart kids, and the classes at CTY tend to be less formal than they are in most schools. In two of my CTY classes we basically played games most of the day, and in the other it was mostly open discussion.
CTY is FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (42 exclamation points)
I’m not going to CTY!
I’m going to CTD!
Which is probably closer to home than CTY!
How do you get into CTY/CTD?
99-for CTY at least (and probably CTD), you get in by taking the SAT or ACT (usually SAT) in 7th or 8th grade.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Cofeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Anybody up for a Chicago summer Kokon? *looks around hopefully*
Mine starts June 27 and ends august 10. I am going to spend my break packing for my boarding school.
102- mine started June 5th and will end prolly on August 27th.
Mine starts July 25th, and ends some time around next January
104-
DON’T COMPLAIN. You have a longer break than any of us!
101- I’ll be up in Wisconsin in late July, but nowhere near Chicago. Oh well.
104- What?!?! 5 MONTHS?!?!?!?! Mine is May 13 to August 11. And I thought that was long.
86 – Awesome, so did I! Which state did you go with? My delegation met a few others while we were there, so I wonder if we met and didn’t know it.
93 – No offense meant, Australia was the first “reverse-seasoned” country that came to my mind. New Zealand is amazing (I use that adjective too much :p)! Wellington is high on my “want to study abroad in” list.
101 – I’d love to if I could get there, but since I can’t drive myself, I doubt it. Cincinnati might work, though – is anybody going to be there?
98 – For CTD, you have to get a good score on the SAT/ACT and send in a 250-word essay explaining why you should get in.
OMG! I’m leaving for my families vacation on Sunday. So, I’m going to miss out on being here for 2 weeks. but I’ll be back! I promise!
Ah, yesterday I went to the pool (for the second time this summer) and I was walking around on my knees…and now they are somewhat red, swollen, and painful. Joy.
Here’s where I’m going this summer (in chronological order):
-Oklahoma (for my cousin’s wedding)
-New York (with my choir–we’re singing in Carnegie Hall)
-Minnesota (with my church, on a Mission Trip–we’re going to stay on an Indian Reservation).
-San Francisco (with my family. I’ve been before on my own, but we’re driving up as a family this time. I’m super excited, I love this city)
-Various insundry camps
111-Where in New York? We’re planning an NYC Kokonvention sometime in July.
111 – Where in MN? In the Metro area? Kokon? *gets excited*
107- I’m going to Cincinnati for summer break in late July for a tennis tournament.
Alas, I doubt I will be able to attend a Kokon this year unless it comes to me. I’m not leaving Florida until the end of July, when I
ll be out of contact with civilization for two weeks. *sigh* Oh well…
GOING TO BALTIMORE IN NINE DAYS.
Summer has started. My agenda:
– Laze around for June (with a brief trip to Springfield for a spelling bee awards thing).
– Go to math camp (not MathCamp, a generic math camp) for a month.
– Go home for a week.
– Visit my friend in Oklahoma.
– Go home.
– Start worrying about high school. (Oh, wait. I started that in February.)
I won’t have a kokon unless one comes to me either. So…Bay Area kokon anyone?
AGENDA:
– Lounge.
– Go to Baltimore June 21.
– Lounge.
– My birthday. (July 3)
– Go to CTD July 20.
– Lounge.
117-To which math camp are you going?
for me:
-Tennis (tournaments, practices, ect.)
-sit, bored, read, play videogames
-sit, even more bored, read, videogames, do stuff like going to the pool, invite friends, though still bored.
-relatives come
-big sisters birthday
-mom and dad go some where, we stay at friends house or grandparents house for at least a week
-Drive to Cincinnati to watch tennis tournament
-From Cincinnati drive to Tennessee, stay in Smokey mountains
-Check out who’ll be my teacher
-school (UGH)
118- Which bay? I know tons.
My agenda, from today on:
-Soccer camp
-lounge around
-go to WI
-come home and lounge around
-music/media camp
-freshman retreat @ high school
-school (unfortunately)
122-I think the term “Bay Area” generally refers to San Francisco Bay Area. In California, at least.
We might go to California to see realitives. I’m playing on a volleyball league all summer.
Volleyball i begining to be an addiction. Every moment i’m not playing, im might spend a moment thinking about playing. I pass and spike with random (often inappropritae) objects.
Its definitly a passion, along with writing.
I’m tired so expect a million spelling errors.
Night.
122-San Francisco
120 – MathPath
SUMMER VACATION DAY 12:
I argued about school and why it is mandatory.
E is working, therefore we shan’t be working on our Project.
There’s music tonight which I am less than enthusiastic about, but feel it is my bounden duty to attend. It had better be over before dark/dusk, because I have to walk home.
I am in a bad mood.