have a great summer

Basically what I think would make next summer Amazing.

1. Camping
2. Visit another Country
3. Go to Denver just to shop.
4. Go swimming at least once.
5. See all of my friends way more.
6. Find a new hiking buddy
7. Geocache
8. Read 5 Books
9. Help parents with the yard work more.
10. More caving trips
11. Shop one day purely at thrift stores.
12. One day of Garage Sale Hopping.
13. A free day down in the city.

since it’s already July!

Take the kids to the beach
Take the kids to the waterpark

Play in a sprinklerMake lemonade but need to do this again because I didn’t get to have any!
Take the kids to the zoo
Ride my bike
Take long walks with the dogs
Make homemade ice cream
Go to outdoor concerts
Fly a kite
Play frisbee
Sit on the porch
Go to Summerfest and/or Irish Fest and/or Festa Italia
See fireworks
Sit outside and eat custard at Kopps
Watch the sun rise over Lake Michigan

do I put this goal back on my list when I’m doing it again?

I’m inept.

1) WATER PARK ( SUNSPLASH )
2) SANTA ANA
3) x RIVER ( AMERICAN RIVER, FAIR OAKS, RANCHO SECO)
4) x SAN FRANCISCO
5) SANTA CRUZ (BOARDWALK , MYSTERYSPOT)
6) PICNIC
7) ALL NIGHTERS
8) x CAMPING
9) CLUBS AND PARTIES
10) AND JUST HAVE FUN!!! DONT GET FRUSTATED!! AND SPEND IT WITH THE PEOPLE I LOVE =]

The summer is fast approaching, and hopefully I’m going to make the most of it and make it my best one yet!

It’s exam season at the moment, so my summer won’t officially start until I’ve finished my A Levels in the middle of June. But from then on, I’m going to have the time of my life, right up until I go off to Uni in the autumn!

There’s a few things I’d like to do this summer, one would be get a job, because I hope to earn and save a little money before flying the nest. The next would be to go away with my friends. I couldn’t afford the abroad holiday with friends so I’ll be missing out on that, be personally I’d much prefer a relatively non-planned road trip! Full of adventure and excitement! I’ve got ‘V Festival’ to look forward in August, that will be so totally awesome! And I’d like to finish the summer feeling like I’m a little more prepared for my Uni studies in October, so a little light reading around the Law wouldn’t go amiss.

• Getting a new job.
• Going to ‘Thorpe Park’ for the first time and checking out the new ‘Saw Ride’, I’m an avid ‘Saw’ fan!
• Checking out the nightlife in Birmingham for a friends 18.
• Going on a road trip.
• Getting my A Level results.
• Going to ‘V Festival’.
• Reading up on my course for Uni.
• Checking out the nightlife in Manchester for another friends 18.
• Going off to Uni.

I think the summer is looking eventful, and that’s just at the moment! I can’t wait to see what else I can get planned!

...see Lisa in Liverpool
...go on atleast one holiday
...learn something new
...get a job or volunteer
...read a book
...socialisa as much as possible
...get my driver’s licence
...take loads of pictures

My main aim is to stay busy and enjoy myself. It’s difficult to get a summer job because my family are so last minute it would mean I can’t go on holidays with them so maybe volunteering would be a way to keep me busy if they don’t mind me taking the occasional day off. I want to accomplish some of my goals, I’ve had some of them u for ages and still not done anything about them. There’s always an excuse but I’ve got three months off to do nothing so where’s my excuse there? :)

Since graduating in 2007 I have been working full-time non-stop (except for 5 days in Centre Parks), I gave up my summer last year in a job that I just about tollerated and now i’m working two jobs. I’ve been saving up and this summer S, J and I are going on a Grayhound Bus road trip of the U.S and i’m determined to just let everything go and start being happy and energetic again.

Not only I did (almost) everything I had planned and always wanted, but I did it with my soulmate :-)

“So many people before me and as many will come after me but right now, at this moment, this is all mine, my own world…”

Suomenlinna has always been a place where I can escape from the ordinariness of daily life. I have a habit of going there around this time every year and just sit on the cliffs, let the sea breeze ruffle my hair and watch the sea spread out before me. I’ve always loved the sea, I feel at ease close to water, the sea is so restless and wild and above everything else – free. I don’t know why but I feel certain affinity with the sea, whenever I’m near water it feels right and I get this “this is where I belong” feeling.

So summer is almost over, September is just a couple of days away (where did the time go?) and it’s time to mark this goal as done. I think I did a pretty good job with this one, summer was full of activities, highs and lows, and I learnt something new about myself again. So not completely wasted three months. :)

Seeing as how school starts tomorrow, I will have to put this goal to rest. I’m glad to say that I had the best summer I’ve ever had this year. Friends, adventures, food, swimming, pictures, new faces, a job, having money…

My sixteenth summer was the best yet. I’m so glad I had these past three months to develop the things I did in myself. I am trying harder to put myself out there more.

After a summer like this I know I can face the school year with a smile. :]