...it finally feels like summer!

So, we don't have a lot of money and I'm as busy as ever.  I've accomplished pretty much nothing that i've wanted to accomplish in the past few months, but...

I don't care!  It's been a long time since i've felt so happy, so physically well, so eager and looking forward to the future.  luke starts a new job on thursday with the local cable/internet/phone provider here as an account executive and my temporary job ends july 24th.  that's a week earlier than originally anticipated, but we get a big bonus for just staying until the 24th.  umm... yes please.  then, i'm going to CHA with Chelsea in Chicago!  CHA is basically what papercrafters live for.  It's this huge nerdy convention filled with vendors who are releasing brand new products... some even offer special edition products just for the convention, like my favorite papercrafting company, Papertrey Ink.

Anyway, Adelle is cute as ever, Luke's as cute as ever (too) and he's enrolled in school full-time for the fall (in addition to the new job) and after a few more weeks when my job ends, I'm looking forward to getting to spend more time with my little family... in my own family's space... that's right, we're finally going to be back into our own place.  It's a small cheap 2 BR apartment that'll be perfect with our free cable/internet (via Luke's new job) and will help us save up on the moneys.  The kitchen appliances are yellow (like, from the 70s), but we don't care!  Gimme a few boxes of magic erasers and some green works and we'll be in business in no time.

Also, I'm going to be singing in a doctor recital... a guy at KU asked me to sing in his ensemble and be a soloist for his choral conducting doctoral recital.  I've only been to 1 practice so far, but it's Old World music and I am really excited to be singing in a group again.

Maybe I should've just bullet-pointed this post because my mind's all over the place, but I also want to mention that I have been doing Weight Watchers for a few weeks-- not going to the meetings, but following the plan on my own.  I've lost about 6 pounds so far and I feel really motivated to be more active and make healthier choices.  Oh, and my sister Lori just had a baby and my sister-in-law Vanessa is pregnant with twin boys who are due in November!  Life is good!