- Low expectations are the key to happiness...
- Low expectations are the key to happiness...
- Low expectations are the key to happiness...
Lather, rinse, repeat.
It's around this time of year that I sort of go into "sticker shock" at the sight of my rapidly filling calendar. I've already gone to Colorado in April, South Carolina in May, and in a week and a half I'm heading off to Idaho to visit Marcy before she starts chemo.
When I was a kid, summer seemed to stretch endlessly...long lazy days of running in the sprinkler, picking beans, going to the fair, camping, and just plain lazing around. As an adult it's hard to recapture that feeling of childish abandon...lack of pressing responsibilities...drifting through sunny days with no greater ambition than to avoid doing chores (okay, I'm pretty good at avoiding chores...).
School is out for Danny exactly one month from today. Seminary graduation is 2 days before that (which is when I'm going to count seminary as "done" for the year). Summer will be getting off to a roller coaster type ride, right off the bat. Here's a summary of our summer:
- Nephew Connor comes for a visit, immediately followed by...
- Driving to Utah for a family reunion - which overlaps our 30 year wedding anniversary (thus the frowny face on my calendar), which is immediately follwed by...
- EFY...which is immediately followed by....
- Scout Camp....which is overlapped by....
- Youth Pioneer Trek...and then I have two weeks to catch up on laundry (unless we go camping with Tia) before....
- High Adventure...which is followed a few days later by....
- Andrew's Homecoming!
I won't even attempt to figure out our schedule for August. Suffice it to say that at some point a trip to BYU-I will occur.
I really shouldn't be complaining about all the chaotic scheduling - for the most part I will only be involved in dropping off, picking up and washing mountains of laundry. I may invest in a hammock...in which to spend my time - between endless loads of stinky clothes.
3 comments:
You forgot the part where I'll be in Washington for a week!
What a summer!
I intend to be trapped inside by 2600 sq. ft. home with 4 children, alternating between summer (home)school and serious chore training, a la Parenting Breakthrough. We don't have a single cumbersome camp, vacation or time-out scheduled, yet.
Ew.
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