first days of summer break

these are the days of our lives...
ok, it's the first monday of my summer break. i stayed up late last night of course, just because i could! every summer i say the same thing, i'm going to accomplish great things. it rarely happens that way..so this summer i will resolve to change my attitude about the real meaning of "great". getting up in the morning to appreciate quiet time is a great thing. cleaning out closets and divesting my life of too much stuff, that is a great thing too. i will do my part to keep goodwill, the salvation army, and the animal humane society busy!
i DO want to go to a beach somewhere, at some point, and a few little road trips are good for the soul.
last summer i went on a journey across the pond to germany...it was a trip back in time for me. it was the place where life as i know it truly began.it was where i began my adulthood really..where i became a wife, and a mother too. who would have thought that my decision to join the army would have changed my life so much. really though, everything we do changes our lives, and often the direction of those lives.
there..... i've said enough for now.....