Preschool is over and I officially have a Kindergartener on my hands…for the whole summer.  Oy.  We have just over 100 days until sweet Blueberry arrives.  And truth be told, we are in total survival mode over here.  I feel like I’m steeling myself – for the long, hot summer. for the lack of cold beers and delicious, fruity patio beverages. for the sibling bickering and the screaming. for the stacks of bins that need to be organized and gone through. for the lack of truly cute clothes to wear during the upcoming 90 degree days.  (I mean, I do have some things but c’mon, maternity clothes as a whole are not the pinnacle of fashion…) for the soon-to-be nursery, big girl bed for ella, not to mention potty training (which we’ve abandoned until further notice)…yeesh.  Probably no surprise that I’m a little nervous about how this is all gonna go down. But I know it will all get done, and even if it doesn’t, it’s ok.  Blueberry will survive, and so will we. So I’m somewhat prepared to face the demons: In June we have two weeks of swim lessons and two weeks of VBS for Charlie.  $1 movies at the local theatre every Wednesday.  Park and splash pad playdates with friends.  Half-day Fridays with Daddy.  A baby shower for my sweet Sis-in-Law.  Father’s Day.  And the most fantastic girl’s night – NKOTB, Boyz II Men, and 98 Degrees.  Oh yeah. July kicks off with Vann’s birthday weekend – my p’s will be keeping the girls – hallelujah and the best present for my hard-working hubby.  We have dinner plans with friends and probably just some good old fashioned time together (what’s that?? – you might ask, I do) and then Vann and the girls make the long roadtrip to TN for the 4th of July weekend.  I’ll be staying back to work on consignment stuff and the nursery.  After that Charlie has science camp and we’ll probably be at the pool – hopefully with two well-adjusted water lovers in tow.  At the end of July/early August, the girls will go back to TN for some more Nana & JJ (Vann’s p’s) time, so we can wrap up any loose ends and I can finish the great purge of clothing I have planned.  My sweet friends are throwing me a shower (can’t WAIT for that) and then Charlie has a week of Kinder camp at her old preschool to “get to know” Kindergarten and all that it entails.  And then, BOOM – the 26th of August I have a “big girl” starting “big school”.  My due date is officially September 16th – but with a repeat scheduled c-section it will most likely be around the 9th, which is one of the busier months of birthdays in our combined clan – 3 in just that week, not counting this little one!  Which means that 3 weeks from the start of “big school”, we will most likely be holding the sweet precious girl who is presently giving me terrible heartburn and insomnia.  Thanks chica. Seems like a really, really long time to still be pregnant, and I’m sorry if I complain – I don’t like to sweat and I don’t like to be hot.  So I probably won’t be the most fun gal these next 100 or so days.  And it might be quiet around here.  I don’t anticipate a rush of blogging on my part. This is just a season, I think.  Where I’m not sure I have much to say.  And that’s ok.  I’ll still be here.  Surviving.  Floating through the summer, trying to keep things cool. Pray for me!!