august... bring it on!

so school just got out for me and i couldn't be more excited. i'm finally on summer vacation. well, that's what i thought until i started thinking about my august "to-do" list. and then i realized that it will hardly be a vacation.

on the agenda for the month:

- working on my capstone project. this is the research project i have to complete in order to receive my doctorate. i want to work on it now so it isn't hanging over my head over the next school year, but boy oh boy i have a lot to do for it

- working on another project for a grant i'm working on. this will require a good 40 more hours of work

- my best friend chana is getting married this month. that means multiple bridal showers as well as the wedding day itself.

- a week at lake powell. this will be my first trip ever to the lake and i'm so excited i can hardly stand it. so sad that josh has to work and can't join me

- comps. in my program we have to take competency exams the first week of school to make sure we retained all the information we learned over the past year. and we literally have to be prepared for anything and everything

- cafe sabor. oh yeah, i do have a job. i serve burritos and chimichangas for extra change. i should probably put in a few extra hours there before i get fired

- josh's surgery. we found out that josh's growth between his eyes was benign, but he does need to get it removed. so he has surgery set up for the 14th at huntsman

- camping. josh missed his family's backpacking trip this past weekend because he had to work so he's trying to schedule another backpacking trip. i'm not much of a camper, but i'll do my best to go and have a great attitude about it

- running. oh yeah. that 1/2 marathon is creeping up on me quickly. we've got exactly 4 weeks to get my running up to par. josh and i have scheduled my running distances everyday from now until the race and it looks like i'll be running over 80 miles in the next few weeks. i hope i survive

i was hoping this next month would be filled with pool days, leisurely reading, time to clean my house and get some extra things done that have been neglected over the last few months. i'm positive that i'll be able to schedule a few sun days here and there, but it definitely won't be the amount of laziness and relaxation that i would like.

oh well. i guess being lazy will only bite me in the butt in the end. i'm trying to have a good attitude about everything on my plate right now.

so august... bring it on!