Freedom!

The semester is over, so I have the whole summer to work full time. I know it is maybe a little crazy to be excited about it, but I am thinking of all the free time I will have. With no classes or homework to worry about until I get into the nursing program this fall(thinking positive)I will have all the time after work to do whatever I want (Thanks to my wonderful husband for making dinner every night). So, I have a couple novels I want to read, a little project for Theresa's 16th birthday, and some family adventures (hiking, the Midnight showing of Harry Potter, hopefully a trip or two to Salt Lake)I am almost overwhelmed with ideas.

I started last night by re-reading The Stand by Stephen King. It is one of my favorite books ever and I have not read it for at least 10 years. Dave picked up a copy of it for me at the used bookstore early last winter, and it has been on our bookshelf in the bedroom, tempting me. I dove right in, getting through 100+ pages. I love the classic good vs. evil story, the interesting and believable characters, the fact that good wins in the end......I am such a nerd.

I also want to read a few classics--any ideas? I try to steer clear of Jane Austen, though. I am sure the books are wonderful, but I can never get into them. I have a few ideas, but I am open to suggestion as well.

I am also planning on hiking Zion, Bryce and other areas here in southern Utah. I almost have to twist Dave's arm to get him to go, and the kids run circles around me on the trail, but I love being there. The scenery, the sun, the connected feeling I get-like human kind is all a child of the earth, nature and our creator. There is nothing like the sun on your face and red dirt on your shoes, clean air in your lungs and an electric blue sky above.