Summer is finally here! At least, it is for me. School is done, registration for next year is complete, and my classroom is clean. I don't have to go back to school until August. (Although, knowing me, there is a good chance I will go back at some point, at least to drop some things off.) This summer is going to be very busy. We have an almost two week long vacation (that I am really looking forward to). I will be in San Antonio for a week, volunteering for the LCMS National Youth Gathering. (Peter will be there, too, but with the youth group, so we probably won't see each other much, if at all.) Then, my good friend Katie gets married later in July, so we get to travel to Kalamazoo and even make it to camp for their annual chicken dinner. (Thanks, Katie, for scheduling your wedding for the same weekend. It made things work out perfectly!)
However, even amidst all of these plans, I have some personal goals for the summer. Of course, I have things I want to do to get ready for the upcoming school year, but I am not including those items on this list. These are the goals that I want to meet for myself only. I figured that if I wrote them down, I would be more accountable.
1) Reread Jane Eyre. (I plan to read lots of books this summer, but I always pick a classic to read or reread every summer.)
2) Memorize the piano part to the Starke/Holst "We Praise You and Acknowledge You, O God" out of the hymnal. (Memorizing is something I have always struggled with in piano, and I want to get better at it. Plus, I love the hymn.)
3) Re-learn calculus. (I actually enjoyed calculus in high school, and I am sad that I don't remember any of it. I don't need it, but it is a good mental exercise.)
4) Finish the deck. (This has been a summer project for a few summers now. This one does largely depend on the weather, though, which is why it wasn't completed last summer.)
I guess I have a lot to do this summer. I'd better get started...
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