Summer Vacation Plans

So my summer vacation starts tomorrow. While I am excited about the prospect of having the next seven weeks off, it’s also a little intimidating and overwhelming. I want to have a productive summer yet I also want to enjoy it too. I want to spend quality time with my kids and husband, while still finding the time to work on the things that I need and want to, like my writing and finally finding the time to finish unpacking this house and get settled in. There are also a million crafting/DIY projects that I have in mind, but will probably honestly only get to one or two. 

Looking to the future, seven weeks seems like a long time, but at the same time it seems like it’s going to be really short. I feel like as soon as I get in the routine of my summer, the summer will have already flown by and be over. A couple days ago, I was talking to my husband about this and realized I need a game plan if I am going to accomplish anything. I can’t just wake up everyday and think, “what am I going to do today?” I need to already know, especially since I don’t have “The Brain” telling me, “same thing we do every day Pinky… try and take over the world.” 

I’m not trying to take over the world, but I am trying to accomplish a lot this summer. I think I will have to sit down and decide what is most important and break each thing down into smaller achievable goals that are time specific, with this in mind, my husband and I had a brief conversation about SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time specific) goals. I don’t remember ever having learned this acronym before, but there is this part of me that knows that any goal I desire to achieve will have to be a SMART goal. 

I already know tomorrow is going to be a rough day, even though it is my first day of vacation, it is also the last full day that my mom and D will be spending with us. They’ve been here since last Monday and will be leaving town Tuesday. Even though they’ve been here all week, it seems like they just barely arrived. I think part of that is because the first four days they were here I wasn’t able to spend that much time with them because I was still working. I want to make the best of tomorrow, sopping up every last moment with my mom and D, enjoying the time spent with them and the kids. 

I also told myself that this summer I would focus on getting myself back into a healthy routine, exercising daily and eating well. So tomorrow I will begin with yoga and walk the dogs, hopefully setting up the rest of the summer for the same routine. I just want to feel good, be productive and happy.