Get out the map!

Ironically that is one of my favorite Indigo Girls tunes......but that is what this week is about.....mapping out the summer, appointments and adventures.....working on those pesky to do items still lingering.....made lots of headway last week.....and Mads has school till Thursday....and this weather....so that will help these tasks get done, so we can be free to begin summering;-) I have some dates I need to get on my calendar with friends and family before the summer gets away.....So that is the plan....I also am finally tackling officially changing my name this summer....mostly prompted by the real id business, may as well do it before I get one of those....There will be a lot of things that will need to happen for that and so I need to tackle it....and the desire to change my name back to my maiden name has been strong from the beginning....no doubt....but it is a giant pain logistically in every way....however the effort is still worth it to me....at first my kids were kind of upset....Mads more so.....wanting me to have their name....and well I do too....that is true.....that is a hard thing......but their last name is no longer mine, not having ties to their dad....and I don't feel inclined to carry it around for the rest of my life or any longer really....so that is a big task to solve.....I also have to get a trust set up for Gabe and my will drawn up....which is also a big thing to solve and do.....but I most definitely need this summer to be a mix of to do goal checking off and FUN and adventuring:) So that is the plan....lots of day trips or one over nighters on the horizon......having some cool places to check out......and again as this week kicks off I am just grateful for this time to organize my life, in every way....such a gift and so necessary each year at this point.....needing this time to get my bearings and figure it all out....normally having a pile of tasks piled up by now.....and having the time to sort through it is bliss:) I had a lovely weekend hanging with my folks.....on Saturday with my brother and dad, snuggling his baby:) It was awesome....and then yesterday I originally planned on just chilling on my own while the kids were with their dad.....having celebrated Father's Day Saturday....but then it felt right to take advantage of a rare space, and hang with my parents on my own:) Visiting and chatting and making them a pasta dish.....one I had wanted to try and hadn't yet:) And it was a hit......So it was a lovely Sunday......I had headed to church in the morning on my own, and then hit the store.....and got home and did some meal prep and hung with my folks all afternoon:) My dad also helped me hang some things I needed to hang, and move a cabinet I wanted to move out of my upstairs into the garage.....just those tasks that take two people or some male energy;-) So that felt nice too.....checking off more of my list! I hope if your reading you too enjoy this week, and do whatever makes your heart happy:)