I would say that I'll have more time to blog now that school is finally over, but I have so many plans this summer that I might not get around to blogging much. Next week is VBS, which I am helping with again as the dance leader and skit coordinator helper person, and the week after that I will be visiting my sister and brother-in-law in Lynden and throwing a baby shower for my baby nephew who is soon to be born. I am also planning on going to the Stuebenville conference again this year, plus attending Creation northwest which is in my hometown the last week of July. I will also be taking a family vacation with my cousins to the BEACH which I am SO excited about!! And of course, I hope to spend lots of time with my sister when the baby is born this August.
I have high hopes for my summer, but mostly, I would be happy to just relax and unwind after such a stressful and life-changing year. I am trying so hard to just stay in the moment, but I often find my mind wandering to the future, thinking about graduating from high school next year, trying to figure out what to do with my life. I'm at that point in my life where I am realizing more and more that I am growing up so fast (you'd think I was my own grandma as I say that about myself ;) In less than a year, I will be an adult in the eyes of the state. I will be old enough to vote, old enough to sign my own waiver at the tanning salon, old enough to live on my own, and old enough to (gulp) get married if I wanted to. I am feeling slightly freaked out at the moment. It was just yesterday I was 12 and wishing for the day to come. Now it's almost upon me and I'm wondering where all the time went.
Overall, I want this summer to be carefree and joyful. I remember a lesson my mother always reminded me of when I was a girl trying to grow up to fast. She said that I will have the rest of my life to be an adult, but that I should enjoy being a kid while I could because one day, I wouldn't be a kid anymore. Well, this is my last "kid" summer, and I am going to quit worrying about money and school and work and making a future for myself, and instead relax in the last moments of childhood that I have forever. This year, I want to relax in the time that I have here and now. And have an awesome summer!
"What time is it? Summer time! It's our vacation. What time is it? Party time! That's right. Say it loud. What time is it? The time of our lives. Anticipation. What time is it? Summer time! Schools out, scream and shout!"** I hope that you all know what this is from :) I decided to play a tribute to my childhood since we were on the subject. It seemed fitting ;)
