Looks like when my current job ends (May 31), I'll have the summer free before my next one starts (Sept). My June is pretty much booked with a big writing project with a looming deadline, but I get to decide how to fill July and August, and I'd appreciate crowdsourced suggestions.

I'm lucky enough to not need to find alternate work to cover living expenses for those two months, so I'm not particularly in the market for short-term work suggestions. I'll be based out of D.C. during this period. Not super interested in travel. I'm considering some self-study but I'm not planning to become a programmer.

Here are some of the things I currently have in mind (not highly optimized, the things that occur immediately when I think "What do I want to do this summer?":

• ASL class at Gallaudet
• Ignatian retreat
• Stepping up my freelance writing work
• Looking into any shop classes for adults
• Sewing, embroidering, soldering a fairly involved Halloween costume

What kinds of things am I not thinking of that might be delightful?