. . . take my kids to the pool (which will involve wearing a BATHING SUIT oh my god let’s not dwell on that), eat some ice cream (thus my dilemma with the swimsuit), sit in the shade at the park (and maybe read a book! or a magazine! while WADE plays with the kids!), drink something icy and delicious (frappucino? margarita? both! but not together because eeew), love on my sister-in-law’s baby (all fourteen pounds of him), visit with my husband, have coffee with my friend Caroline, sleep late, write, eat, relax.

Really, I’m just planning to show up and hope everything else takes care of itself. Because that’s what summer is all about.

Mostly, though, I just hope to see a lot of this:

Happy first weekend of summer! What do YOU have planned this weekend?

Homestead has posted an update on Nadine. Think of her–and her family–this weekend, and SEND THOSE CARDS. And if I haven’t already said it, thank you. From the bottom of my heart.