Summer cannot be almost over! My list is not complete!
It has been such a great summer break, and I have been so thankful for each and every day of it. But some of the most important things I wanted from this summer just didn’t happen, and so I think I need to request another couple of weeks. Where do I go to make my request?
Next week it is back to school for our kids (I ‘got’ to return this week), and back to routine, routine, routine.
Here are my top ten unfinished goals of the summer …
10. Have an adventure with our kids
9. Lose 25 pounds by start of school
8. Move stone from side drive (where it has been since early June … sigh)
7. Finish reno. on stairs (a blog post is coming on this one)
6. Finish closet reno. (a blog post is coming on this one too)
5. Replace the roof on my garden shed
4. Walk daily
3. Finish writing and editing book
2. Teach my son to ride a bike (not his goal, but mine)
1. A two to three day trip to a really nice place, with my guy
Sigh …
It was so depressing to get ready for work yesterday, knowing that the above things did not get done. Most I can ignore, but some have been hanging over my head for years, and one or two are simply things that I humanly so wanted to do/accomplish.
But, here we are, getting ready for the end of summer break, and the beginning of a new school year. Purchasing new clothes, new shoes and school supplies that will, in no time at all, be marked on, torn, outgrown and faded … just like this summer.
Oh, but what memories!
10. A day at the PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) with the family
9. A couple of nights with hubby while he did a wedding
8. A pool party with about seventy people from church
7. Lunch with my oldest daughter
6. Shopping with my youngest daughter
5. Sushi dates with my son
4. Projects that got started … oh how they filled my creative side!
3. Cannon Beach … ahhhhhh
2. Watching the sky for shooting stars
1. Making s’mores on the gas firepit night after night, as we talked, giggled and spent time … together
And now, what is to come?
I have learned that it is best to not approach a new school year with any expectations. Instead I simply enter in, and work to be open to whatever it might bring. And, ten months from now, I will end the year with a top ten of surprises, and a new summer list!
itsawonderfilledlife 
Wait a minute! i see you have done a couple of those goals! Didn’t you have an adventure when you went to the PNE with your family? And didn’t you spend a couple of nights away with your hubby when you went to the wedding? And aren’t you working on those 25 pounds? Hmmm, seems to me you’ve done quite a bit. Besides, renos aren’t as fun as time with family and friends.
Winnie,
Yup! I did have a few of those goals accomplished … as I was moping about what I didn’t get done (as I had expected to do them), I realized that I actually had accomplished a few, just not exactly as I had ‘dreamed’. Isn’t that often how life goes? Love it!
Carole