Summer boredom

[Islander82]

Sorry, this is going to sound so unreasonable! As a Scottish teacher I have over 8 weeks of holidays this year, and were currently 10 days in. Past Summers, where I've had young kids, have been great. However, my Ds is 16 and dd is 13 and basically I just feel like I have 8 weeks to do mothing, and be alone as they have their wee summer jobs and dh is self employed. Do any other teachers out there feel like this?

I used to work in a school OP and the summer holidays were waay too long, it was all about waiting for that fortnight away in the sun.

I live in the sun now and working flat out until October in 35c heat, I'd love to kick back in Scotland in the drizzle. Shall we sort out an exchange?

Hah. I know it sounds so weird to moan about not having to work! Maybe I should get a summer job myself 😂

I used to love my wee summer jobs when I was a teenager Best one was in a safari park... happy days 🐐

Think I would volunteer.
Absolutely nothing with kids mind😉😂 but perhaps a charity shop or here we have a refugee community where English chat is needed. We also have a garden centre run by volunteers who support adults with learning needs and a beach cleaning group.

Just something different.