Summer Vacation

Summer vacation started at 12:00pm this afternoon.  Hopefully this means I will get back to regular blog posts!  I have a few projects on my list for this week.  Today I made Spock's new dog bed cover.  Here's what I have planned for the reset of the week:

• Roman shades for the door windows
• Finish up my southwest socks
• Finally finish my sister's wedding gift (she has been married almost 2 years!)
• Crack open the dollhouse!
• Movies with Mr. Logical
• Pedicure with Li'l Sister
• Berry picking with Li'l Bro

Summer!

I have one more week of work left, and we kicked off our summer with a trip to my parents' new digs over Memorial Day weekend.  Last night we went to a minor league baseball game with Mr. Logical's alumni association.  Our team lost, but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy baseball food.

I am really looking forward to this summer.  I need to rest and relax after this whirlwind of a year!

Summer 2009

Wow the whole summer has gone by without a blog post! Here's a list of what I did over my summer vacation:

1. Bought a bicycle

2. Took a road trip to New England

3. Worked on things for school

4. Rode my bike

5. Went blueberry & raspberry picking

6. Bought a camera

7. Went to Turkey & Greece with my mom

8. Planned some more trips

9. Read a lot of books

10. Got a kitten

As you can see, a lot has been happening around here. Now I've finished one week of teaching second grade. It's been hard but getting better.

The Ant and the Grasshopper

This week I have been busy and lazy at the same time. Almost every night this week I've taught science at the MACC's Vacation Bible School, which was a huge success and very messy. The days have been a little lazy. Today I slept until 11!

I've also gotten a lot of reading done for school and some planning done. Went to the mall with Rachael and got my jewelry. Hung out at the pool. Made popcorn. Watered my plants. Watched Mary Tyler Moore. Burned some candles. Snuggled in my bed (which I love). Eaten delicious things that I probably shouldn't have.

I'm in a really good place right now. I haven't been this happy in a long time. It's a little scary how happy I have been this summer, compared to the past school year. Sometimes I get nervous that this is just an illusion, and sometimes I just bask in it. How did I get this lucky? Life is an incredible, amazing thing.

It's Summer, Summer never ends

Today is day 4 of summer vacation, if you don't count the weekend after. I have been busy every single day. It's crazy and good at the same time. Here's what I have been up to since Friday:

Saturday: Baby Shower in the morning, Graduation Party in the evening

Sunday: Sean came over to swim, went to Super Walmart

Monday: Gym, Rachael came over to swim, Super Walmart with M

Tuesday: Went to Baden to get the directions for the website and to print my standards, went to Educate and Celebrate in Waldorf, went to California Nails and got my eyebrows waxed, stopped by the church offices to help Julie plan VBS, went to Bike Doctor of Crofton and bought my bike (this took hours), went to the bank, M picked up the bike for me, went to Super Walmart, watched Taken

Wednesday: Worked on website, napped, went to Julie's and worked on website, got my new camera, cleaned, found my missing check, did laundry, Kerith & Sean came over to swim, worked on website, went to Target, cut out stuff for 2 centers, finished Q & A

Today I am going to the gym, picking up my mom to come and swim, then hopefully going to the library, and then riding bikes with M (so excited to try out the 7.3). Tomorrow yoga class with Julie and then National Board stuff all day. Saturday I'm helping M take nephews on a bike ride and packing up for the big road trip to New England. Sunday we leave!

Life is pretty freaking awesome right now. It's like a reward after that horrible year.