What are the summer plans?

I was thinking about this earlier today when I was looking up travel options to Niagara Falls.  If we (Dave and I )use AAA then the escorted trip would be through Collette Travels. 

Anyway with the unofficial start to summer in two weeks I was thinking about this what is planned for the summer?

Well for the most part I will be working and perhaps most Saturdays unless something comes up.  We have at least three holidays coming up that we will have off.  Memorial Day, Independence Day (usually the Friday before or the Monday after depending on where it lands in the weekend.  If the holiday actually lands on during the work week then we get that day off).  Of course we then have Labor Day off.

Activities with the family will probably include picnics, parties, and swimming (at Mike and Cheryl’s).  The Pennsylvania branch of the family has been invited to come up and stay with Bob and Ethel after their camp.  Although I am not sure if that will happen because it sounded like they have a full schedule of their own. 

I might go down for a weekend to visit Jim and Joe even if the kids are away.  That reminds me need to get their summer camp address again so I can write them (or attempt it.  It really didn’t work well last year).

On the Volunteer front the woman’s club will be finishing up for the spring in June.  We have two more meetings and we have the Creative Writing contest reception next week.  We will probably have a few graduation parties and birthday parties for the girls who are graduating and of course for Jolyn’s son Steven and for Ted. 

I am willing to bet by the end of the summer we will start preparing for the 2010-2011 season with a board meeting or two.  I am thinking there will be some membership drives of some type and probably some social activities.

On the political front well that should be very interesting.  Over the next three or four weeks will be conventions for the various offices on the state and local levels.  We have our awards dinner this Thursday.  We will be finding new methods of fundraising since we have dropped out of the Annual Oyster festival this year (long story). 

I suspect there will be plenty of meet and greets for the various candidates and I have a feeling by September Mom will be planning the one we have here every year. 

In between all that I will be going to Doctor’s appointments, exercising, the movies and probably out to dinner on occasion with friends and family.

All in all I think it will be just as active as last year.  I remember I didn’t really write a lot in this journal last year.  I am not going to let that happen this year.