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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Summer dreams....



Summer goals

( Picture from a hike in moonstone)

  • ·         Have an awesome time at Kelly and Mark’s wedding – CHECK!
  • ·         Pick up Olivia from sailing on Shady Grady – CHECK!
  • ·         Hike in Moonstone – CHECK!
  • ·         Go to the Isthmus – CHECK!
  • ·         Go to Ventura - TBD
  • ·         Laugh a lot with the kids – in process
  • ·         Enjoy relaxing time on the boat – CHECK!
  • ·         Have a dance party – CHECK!
  • ·         Learn a new joke – working on this today…..
  • ·         Do something new with Blake - TBD
  • ·         Help Blake be successful with therapist at the Bay Club –  Modified
  • ·         Stay in shape – TBD


Because here is what I don’t want to do this summer.  Pout, while in lovely surroundings, that I’m the ONLY one vacuuming up the popcorn.  You’ll note that keeping the house clean was absent from the list above. 

Stress, that my child didn’t get a first place ribbon and that Blake isn’t making progress with his speech or behavior in in summer program.

Feel like I’m not doing enough.  Get a major case of the ENOUGH life suck.  Like I’m not MAXIMIZING enough of the summer- because I AM crazy goal oriented and totally capable of setting unattainable goals and most certainly capable of feeling like crap when I don’t check them off the list.  This is a big list.  It’s a FUN – for me at least – list.  And this is just 40% of what was on the top of my mind in June and what I had already planned.  There will be more this summer.  There will be the unexpected plot twist, there always is.  The plan disruptor or the fun fairy that comes along.  In writing this ‘first thought’ list, I see 1: that these are things that are at the moment my top of mind priorities and 2: that I don’t need to dream up any MORE ideas.  That would turn this summer into the AMAZING RACE summer edition, which I can see on TV, but don’t need to live.

Suns out buns out y ‘all.  I gotta learn me a new joke.



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