I hope everyone had a great Memorial weekend. 
The unofficial kick off to Summer is one of my favorite weekends of the year. The weather was kind of iffy to start but we made the best of it. Shopping for beach essentials and Summer clothes on Saturday and watching a few movies on Netflix because of the pouring rain. Sunday we had a BBQ at my cousin’s house. I had a great time catching up with the aunts, uncles and cousins. It’s really nice when the whole family gets to be together in one place. On Monday morning my sister and I headed to the beach. We left very early to run on the boardwalk before laying out to get some sun. It was incredibly windy for a run but it didn’t matter. We have a 5k in July to train for and we were at the beach! So no complaints at all, especially after the long Winter!
The rainy Saturday afternoon gave me some time to plan ahead for June and do a little planner decorating. If I haven’t mentioned it already…I LOVE my Erin Condren planner! It has become my organizing lifesaver. I have yet to do a full post on the planner because there is so much personal stuff in it. I don’t feel comfortable sharing the weekly and decorated pages just yet. Maybe I will share the week we are on our family vacation (40 days and counting!). I use the planner for more than just appointments and workouts. This is where I do daily gratitude entries. I decorate it with washi tape and/or stickers for the meaningful events in the week. It is also a mini diary of sorts where I write down things that happened on a day. I will be keeping my Erin Condren planner for years to come and when I look back at it I want to remember certain events.
I’m definitely comfortable sharing the monthly view page for June. With Summer being my favorite season there is always something going on. The most pressing event in June is Father’s Day. It’s been a touchy subject for me in the past. The first year without my dad I just wanted to survive this day and last year I just wanted to hide from all reminders of it. Neither approach was a good plan. This year will be different. I am saying it already to myself. I don’t know how but I want it to be different and it shall be. I will find a positive way to get through this day with my mom and sister.
June kicks off with my godson’s birthday! He will be 12 years old this year! I am so proud of him. He is the most brilliant and sweetest boy I know. I have to call his mom and discuss my birthday idea for him. My best friend and I are taking a crochet class together. Our schedules have been so busy the last couple of months, we have not had any quality time together. This is something we both have an interest in so we are making the time for it. The other two big events are the World Cup soccer and the start of Summer. Both provide great opportunities to be out enjoying the festivities and warm weather. My dad was a huge soccer fan so enjoying the World Cup will definitely be a way to honor him on Father’s day.
This weekend I felt the happiness in my world. Yes there was my own happiness and the peace I feel within me, but it was more than that. It was all around me. I saw it in my mom and sister, in my dear friend who I text with almost every day, in separate conversations with a my cousins, in the moment I had a restful sleep on the beach and even in the moment before I fell asleep last night…completely exhausted from a weekend well lived.
I want to remember these small moments because that is what life is really all about…a bunch of small moments all put together.
