starting now.

My summer starts today! School is over(hooray hooray hooray)and the weather is beautiful this weekend!
I have a bad habit of letting time just slip through my fingers without realizing what is going on. Therefore setting goals is good for me. These might not really be classified as goals, more like a bucket-list maybe? Whichever: here is what I want to do this summer!

• Go camping for the weekend(actually in a tent, something that I've never done before).
• Go on lots of hikes(specifically Mt. Cheam!)
• Walk around the city at night, when it's still so warm from the sun on the pavement all day.
• Run around in the rain/play frisbee in the rain(without freezing to death). 
• sleep on the roof lots of nights.
• Sidewalk chalk party in-front of Save-On-Foods in the Junction. 
• Swim in Lake Errock lots and lots and lots.
• Have a bonfire at my house(I rarely have people over to my house because it's a long drive, but long drives in the summer are easier to handle for everyone!) 
• Go stargazing(or star-staring, so it doesn't sound so romantically cheesy).
• Take lots of pictures.
• Spend all afternoon on the beach(This will happen at RockRidge for sure, but at home is nice too).
• Go on a road trip(I don't think I'll have time for a nice long one, but a short one will suffice!)
• Watch the clouds. 
• Have picnics. 
• Finger paint outside with Celia(paint EVERYWHERE!)
• Read a totally pointless novel, for pure enjoyment of reading.
• Smell roses. Lots.
• Find a waterfall that I haven't seen before(Just a small one, there are lots around here I'm sure).
• Plant flower baskets.
• Play music with friends for hours and hours(Writing music too!)
• Ride bikes down to the lake in the evening.
• Make jam. 
• Plant a new flower bed(or revamp an old one).
• See Lily and Celia once a week(This is only starting this summer, but needs to continue for always). 
• Work on new creative projects                                - MCC furniture made amazing                                 - Pillows like these ones                                      - Start writing again
• Learn a new skill(drawing! For me, this will require taking a class of some kind... As I'm currently hopeless). 
• Pick lots of strawberries.
• Eat tomatoes, carrots, peas, and everything else right out of the garden. 
• Go canoeing when the lake is still and listen to the silence.
• Blow bubbles in the park. 

That's 30 things to do this summer! Some of them matter a lot, some of them not as much. But, they all make me stop and enjoy just how beautiful and precious life is! 

What are you going to do this summer? I'd love to hear!