Start of Summer

Today officially starts summer for me as the boys are out of school. I took my last two weeks off of school to decompress, be totally lazy, and do nothing but blog, lounge, and eat around the house. I'm glad I did, because it sounds like an oxymoron, but now that summer has started good-bye being lazy!

Justinbustin had a sleepover last night (his first at this particular friend's house, Lukie's), and Shawners was off to camp this morning at 7am. Shawners is staying with VBS's and cub sc*ut camp this summer, and Justinbustin is moving on to the bigger boy activities - volunteering at activities, boy sc*ut camps, youth group get togethers, etc. Their calendar is packed full of fun activities and I am the lucky driver.

My payback is still having some alone time at the house - this morning I used my alone time to clean Shawner's room since he so sweetly offered to give me his honor roll free ice cream if I would, as it has gotten too overwhelming for him to do on his own. Plus, there's quite a few boxes still unpacked in their room. After the flurry of moving help, I thought I could unpack the rest of the boxes on my own, but turns out I haven't. I want to declutter, yet decluttering and unpacking prove to be too overwhelming for me. I love having someone there to unpack while I put items in the "give shit box" (a term Li and M came up with to make giving away and getting rid of crap I don't need easier - it worked) and throw away box.

Hopefully, I'll be able to use some of that alone time for poolside drinks with Li since she is off for the summer as well, and KT, whose work schedule allows her day time.

For now, I'm happy the kids will be occupied during the summer, and I still get some alone time.