I can’t believe it’s August already. I can’t believe it’s almost mid-August already. I can’t believe my due date is a week away. Where has the summer gotten too? All my plans… all my ambitions… *poof* gone. My long-term sub contacted me the other day to confirm plans for the start of the school year, and reality slapped me in the face. It seems like school just ended and we were just packing things up for the summer. But in about two weeks the teachers will be returning to school and getting ready for the new school year. Seriously, where has the time gone?

I had so many ideas and stories to blog about, but between preparing for baby, my laptop crashing back in July, and being too antsy and energized to sit still long enough to write anything, those plans didn’t pan out. I had visions of spending the summer in front of my wheel, but an incorrectly wired switch, a stifling heat wave and a growing belly kept me out of the garage and away from my wheel. I had grand expectations of getting most of my plans for the new school completed, my PowerPoints polished and my templates created, but again, the crashing laptop and antsy self…

With the baby arriving in two weeks (I’ve been given a deadline, so-to-speak) I find myself reflecting on all I’ve tackled and accomplished this summer and trying hard not to lament over the things I didn’t get done.

• I started and completed the nursery, which included an extensive dresser makeover, assembling a wardrobe and giving it a face lift, assembling a night stand and giving it a face lift, assembling a rocker, the hanging of three sets of curtains (we get a lot of sun through the one window in the room), various DIY projects, the making of a hand stitched mobile (let it be known, I am not a sewing whiz), the hanging of said mobile, the hanging of a light, the hanging of art work, hooks, and shelving, and a few other tasks I’m sure I’m forgetting. 
• I washed and organized all the baby clothes, blankets and bedding. 
• I researched the heck out of and bounded into the world of cloth diapering. 
• I probably cleaned the house once or twice. 
• I managed to throw a few pieces on the wheel.
• I read a few books
• I attended an outdoor concert or two and saw a couple of movies in the theater.
• I attended numerous doctor’s appointments and a hospital tour.
• I went on a small hike.
• I cooked a little and baked a little more.
• I designed a beer label for a custom brew Mr. Art Teacher is brewing in honor of our new arrival.
• I shopped. And shopped some more. And then shopped some more.
• I kept a baby blog updated for my family, posted on my “design” blog, ended the run of a no longer relevant personal blog, ended the run of my “design” blog, and created a new personal blog.
• I went out to dinner numerous times with Mr. Art Teacher, got together with friends on a few occasions, visited family and connected with local moms/potential new friends.