In the summertime

Sparta! Sparta! Sparta! Is that what they shout at MSU? Probably. But, who cares?! My Lansing move-in date is looming just a few short weeks away..EeEk!! I'm so excited and so nervous! I can't wait to start grad school, but oh em gee, I am scared to death that I'll fail out if I try to make it through as a single mom. I mean, I know I won't, but I'm the sort that is paranoid about failures, etc. So nerve-wracking!!

Anyway, I've still got a few weeks til the move and a few weeks more til classes start up. Best to focus on the present!

I've still got all of July to get through before even thinking about any of this. That means work, VBS, fairs and festivals, some major bike riding, family get togethers, wolf park, lots of fun stuff on the horizon! If there is one thing that makes me happy, it is the freedom to spend time with the people I love, STRESS-FREE. Oh, how I love it! 

I've already been at it (with a vengeance, I might add), with the visit of three different siblings and sister-out-law (that makes her seem criminal, but really I just mean my brother's really awesome, long-term girlfriend) so far this month, plus my grandma is back with us for another while.

Los bros

You can totally tell they're cool, right? Unkie Fonz and Unkie Slim enjoying the fireworks for the Fourth. My workplace put on a fireworks show this year and we all went out to see it. It would have been cool to watch them from on the lake, but there were too many trees blocking the view from the dock so we took a quick jaunt around the lake to get a better view.

There was a seriously incredible fireworks display on the fifth that I only happened across by accident this year. I ran a quick errand and was driving back home when they started going off on the other side of this giant field, so I just parked the car and sat there til they were over. They were breathtaking!

Anywho, so my brothers and a sister and an almost-in-law came this month so far, like I was saying. My brothers were just here to hang out, but my sister was here to get some serious home-organizing done, and that happened this past week. The entire house (including much of the basement) was sorted and a massive load went to goodwill, and even more yet was pitched. The best news though, is that I've got almost all of our stuff packed and stacked in one of the basement bedrooms! Yay!

The Sister and The Grandma. Aren't they so cute?

So thanks in part to me for being a box taping machine and in part to Auntie B being an all around BOSS, packing is almost done. I only need one more piece of furniture and kinda want a second piece, but it's not really necessary, so... I'm set! 

Now back to relishing my homework-free time with my magoo! We've been enjoying the summer weather with lots of outdoor activities and some air conditioning, too. ;)

Bubbles! Fun, albeit a bit confusing. Note the eyes squinched shut- you never know when a bubble might jump you!

We also did some gardening with Ah-na, as you can see:

Oh, and BIG NEWS!!! Magoo hit his half birthday this week, so we went out to celebrate!

Breakfast date at a cute little cafe. 

Magoo was flirting up a storm with the waitresses and the granny next to us who was out to breakfast with her grandsons. Fist bumps, all around!