I have told you again and again that I’m trying to pack in ALL THE FUN this summer, and I managed to kick things off right away my first weekend of the summer.

First up was the volunteer gig at a fundraiser for the local nature center, and I managed to land the BEST. SETUP. EVER. I was assigned to sit and monitor the exit of our paid parking to ensure no one tried going in the wrong way ~ meaning I got to sit in a camp chair. Outside. For 5 hours. By myself. And read. And I was being helpful at the same time! It was exactly the blissful sedentary solitude I needed after the nonstop action and chaos of the last week of school, and I got read almost an entire book. What a treat.

On Sunday early afternoon, the 8th grader and I headed to Minneapolis for an overnight adventure, and we had the BEST TIME!