Summer Days, Summer Nights

I thought the last day of school would never, ever come.  My first year at KIPP was good... fulfilling... inspiring... exhausting... overwhelming at times... and I am looking forward to next year, but until then, I don't think I've ever been so happy for summer break in my entire life.  Let the summer days and summer nights begin!

There are SO many things that I want to do this summer.  Last summer Brent was on a training cruise, but this summer he's taking summer classes.  I am looking forward to seeing him between classes and after classes and on the weekends, and there's so many things I hope we can do this summer that we weren't able to do last summer.

So here's my list of things to do:

1. Love, serve, and worship God
2. Stay up late and sleep in later
3. Volunteer at Galveston Urban Ministries
4. Run a half marathon
5. Eat healthier
6. Celebrate our six month anniversary!
7. Go camping on the beach
8. Grill jalapeno poppers
9. Gather and type favorite recipes
10. Spend afternoons in the sand soaking up the sun
11. Watch the sunset off 8 Mile Road
12. Go stargazing
13. Geocaching?
14. Paint a canvas
15. Make a Pinterest Project finally!
16. Bake cupcakes from scratch
17. Picnic at the beach
18. Hang out with a new friend
19. Visit an old friend
20. Blend late night milkshakes
21. Take candle lit baths
22. Catch a baseball game
23. Go to theatrical performance
24. Join a nature walk at the state park
25. Collect treasures from the beach
26. Make breakfast for dinner
27. Squeeze lemons for homemade lemonade
28. Take an evening walk to see historic homes
29. Celebrate the Fourth of July
30. Catch up on TV shows
31. Check out Board Game Island 
32. Learn new a new vegetarian recipe
33. Work in the garden
34. Get a haircut
35. Try a new flavor of ice cream at Hey Mikey's
36. Go to a local band's concert
37. Feed the seagulls
38. Happy Hour on the pier!
39. Early morning date to the coffee shop
40. Take naps with Dexter
41. Learn to sew - and actually sew something!
42. Read about and photograph historic Galveston
43. Go downtown for a date night!
44. Take a sunset cruise on the ferry
45. Find something nifty at a thrift store
46. Try a new local restaurant
47. Ride our bicycles - all the time
48. Read a book, cover to cover
49. Read another book, cover to cover
50. Write a lesson plan or two... maybe...