So close?

Summer's getting close enough that I can almost taste it. Although I am really sad to be leaving work, this definitely has bee a much more stressful year than last year. And of course, as always, I shouldn't complain since my job generally consists of awesome things like field trips and individual conferences. Granted, there's the not as wonderful things too--like worrying about children, and not being a psychologist and not being able to fix everything. But, overall there is so much more that is wonderful than is difficult.

With summer growing closer, both the children and I are growing restless. I had wicked bad allergies today, bad enough that when I lifted my head from the pillow, the entire world was echo-y and spinn-y. Not a good way to begin the day. Since this is the ONE day of the week that I don't teach nearly all day, I called in sick and took some benedryl allergy. Usually, that stuff knocks me out which was why I had so stealthily (and apparently unhealthily) avoided it until now. Within a couple of hours of watching reruns of the Colbert Report, I was feeling a lot better and (lo and behold) able to breathe from BOTH nostrils. Since then, I've been looking about the house, (grading as always), and thinking about what my goals are for this summer.

Trips that I would (ideally) make this summer: Boston (I should be going for a super-sweet conference) and New Hampshire (to see EW, EPC, PL [if she's still there] and my Aunt and Uncle--hopefully C would come out for that part), DC (to see SAI), Athens/Atlanta, and Birmingham (to see C's sister.) It all sounds like a lot of fun, but probably too many $. I also would, ideally, like to go down to Texas to see TM and give her a (long-overdue) wedding gift.

I'd like to organize my closet this summer and finish organizing the second bedroom. We dumped some stuff in here in an effort to just be moved in. Sometimes, it is still strange to think that we won't be moving again for a while. Needless to say, we rushed our moving a little bit so there are some piles that I'd love to get rid of.

I'd like to remove the wallpaper in our kitchen. Massive undertaking.

I'm going to set a goal of doing the wii fit 5 days a week. I love it and doing it has really gotten me in shape; I know it sounds laughable, but seriously! It's really fantastic. I'm trying to sell my parents on getting one.

Mainly, though, I can't believe that there are green leaves and warm weather.

Things that are cool in Chi-town right now:
Pirates exhibit at the Field
Harry Potter exhibit at the MSI (we went this past Sunday, it was amazing)
Relatively cheap Cubs tickets (since it's not sooo warm yet)
Restaurants with new outdoor seating
Uncommon Ground (this past week I remembered how much I love it!)