Summertime

Things I love about my summer days:

No school for the kids....really no homework, I like them being at school
No real schedule
Pool time
Being tan thanks to pool time
Staying up late
Sleeping in


Things I dont love about summer

No real schedule
Staying up late
Sleeping in

As you can see, my dislikes are also my loves. I do love this time of year. It is so relaxing for this busy family but I have to admit it has thrown me for a loop this week. I love routine, organization, and scheduling. Summer is so hard to do all of those things no matter how hard you try. I spend several hours a day in my swimsuit, so one would think I would be as dedicated to the gym as I am during the school year....well I am not! I miss my gym time, our quite when the big kids are at school, and our good dinners. I have found nap time in now Nolan and I chatting, gym time makes me feel I am rushing the kids, and dinner time is just plain out the window....I have cooked maybe three times this summer.

In typing this I am realizing that this is my last summer home before Mason starts school, Kade starts preschool, Nolan plays Irmo baseball, and our lives get even more hectic. I wonder if my unsettledness ( Is that a word) is from my fear of what August is going to hold for the Burdette Six?

A Best Friend

How lucky am I that my best friend Julia lives less than four miles from the beach. That sentence is the sentence we both said the day we found her new awesome condo. Not to either of our surprise, me having four kids at home has limited my girl weekends to the awesome condo that is FOUR MILES from the beach. However Memorial Day weekend I devised a wonderful plan to have some much needed BFF time.

Our awesome girls weekend started with me arriving late due to horrible traffic. We got in the car and went to Sullivans Island to have dinner at the BoatHouse! It was wonderful. While waiting for dinner, Julia and I met our little friend Salty.

After our amazing dinner, we headed home for a relaxing evening. It is great to have a friend like Julia. We get each other. We know when to ask questions, give advice, back off, and walk away. It was so nice to be able to sit in her beautiful blue living room and not feel bad when we both got tired and wanted to go to bed.  The next morning we woke up super early and we were on the beach by 10:00 am. It was perfect. We set up our perfect spot and tanned, tanned, and tanned some more.

We ate at my favorite Sullivans Island hot spot Poes for lunch....twice that weekend actually!

The weekend was perfect. Two days on the beach with the best company Mt. Pleasant has to offer, two days of eating with someone who doesnt make fun of how good food can truely change my mood, two days of shopping.....oh how I love to spend Julias money on her new clothes, and two days of perfect friend time! We spent our last evening together out on the town in Charleston. I think it was so good for us both. We relaxed and enjoyed the fact that we didnt have work, responsibilty, or alarm clocks the next morning.

I will be honest, when Monday morning came and I had to leave, I was beyond sad. I am pretty selective about my girl friends. As much as I love to talk, I dont like friends who expect to talk all the time or get together tons.I stay so busy with our kids right now, that I just dont have time for that. Julia is the same way. She is the perfect friend. I am SO glad I have Julia to talk to, lean on, cry with, yell with, and just be" me" with. She is one of the few people I can honestly be 100% me around. I love you like woah Julia! (hahahahahahaha)