Just the beginning...

 There have been a number of recent developments in the world of this particular Lisa Jane of the Greater San Diego area...

Life stuff. People coming and going. Transitions. Visits from old friends. Reconnecting with family. More photo clients. The last game of the Hockey finals on Friday. Last week of school. Mom is coming to town soon. Kel's mom is having surgery. Bella's birthday coming up. Julia is learning to surf. Abby has an awards banquet for Japanese school. Father's Day is coming up. The Fair opens on Friday. Today was the end-of-the-school-year BBQ. Jason is coming back. Trevor is coming back. And if I make it to next Monday without my head popping off it will be no small miracle. :)

Throughout all of this, my mind is on overdrive...but my heart is steady and calm.

I've been given a set of circumstances that are, quite simply, out of my control. I would be completely insane if for one whole minute I fooled myself into believing I had one ounce of real say in how all of this will play out. Things will change and shift, plans will get canceled and moved, new wrenches will get thrown in the monkey works, and somewhere in there I won't be able to find my keys. Or my ATM card. Or Both. And you know what? So be it!

I'm calling Uncle! I'm not going to stress about any of it. Because it will all be fine.

Honestly, I will give it my best effort. These are all things that I'm excited to be a part of or I wouldn't have listed them as my life in a nut shell. These are important things to me and they will be treated as such. I will be helpful and patient. I will get as much done as I can get done, but I won't deny myself the right to take a break (and a cup of coffee! I'm gonna need it!). And when it's all said and done, I'm sure it will seem like it wasn't so much of a daunting list at all.

The super good news? I have help! Abigail is my super good assistant extraordinaire with her lists (I don't believe in them, but she does) and her reminders and her ideas. Jenn will help with the girls if I need to make a dash in a different direction (and I really, really hope that I need to!) and the Grandparents are always on the emergency speed dial. These are just some of the benefits of surrounding myself with super awesome peeps... Go Me!

So...this is me, coming back from about a year or so from now, just to let myself know that everything turned out just fine. You had a wonderful time. It's going to be okay. Everything will be cool.

It's going to be a great summer. And this is just the beginning. We are going to stuff it until it is bursting at the seams and we just can't fit in one more minute of madness. We are going to get on our party dresses, learn some new dance, paint our faces, and have a deep fried something on a stick. We are going to have sand in our cracks and colorful beach towels on the line while we sit chomping sweet cool watermelon and dribble the juice all over our flip flops.

We've got big plans. But even if we had no plan, we would have the best summer ever.

And I've got to kick that off with a classic SoCal beach tune...

Surfin Safari by Jan & Dean 

***photo of Isabella doing her best Dalmatian impersonation.

Comments

[Maria]

Sissy,

I must've drank the same water as you...change is definitely in the air. Like you, I'm looking forward to it for a myriad of reasons. "Be gentle with yourself, don't stress, and just let it be..." has become my mantra of sorts. I'm glad to see you're choosing to do much of the same. I can't wait to spend some of this summer with you.

<3
M

[Jenn]

Look lady of change in the wind, I got the boxes, no tape necessary and I love to pack. Don't let the stuffies get cordonned off by the man. And whereever you end up we need to get a great rug because a great rug can really pull a fucking room together.
I would welcome you and your babies any time.