It's already July?

Um, wait a sec, it's almost the end of July! I am so completely discombobulated. Summer is creeping towards an end. I feel like a kid on summer break, realizing that summer doesn't last forever.

Last week was the first time I went to the pool to swim laps. And the water was freezing! The weather has been really crazy here. It was too hot, now it is too cool.

We went for a hike yesterday - it was challenging for me. We hiked up about 200 steps up the side of a river bluff. At least I was less tired than the dog! I must not be too bad off. It was nice. We haven't been to that park since before I was pregnant (or maybe it was the year I got pregnant, but early on).

The garden is currently a jungle - the tomatos are kind of producing. The weather has been all wrong. The two week hot spell didn't allow for fruit set, and now the later fruit aren't getting the heat they need. I am making a green tomato pie out of the tomatos that are on plants suffering from wilt.

We went to see the latest Harry Potter. Loved it! For the last two weeks we watched all the previous movies to catch up. It was fun to see how the kids grew up. I think 'Hermione' is now as tall as 'Harry'! I think the Potter story, at the heart of it, is about friendship and bravery (aside from the whole coming of age bit).

The kids at the summer camp are fun. They seem to like my gardening 'class'. I took them to my work and we got 'special' access to the herbarium. It is normally only open to adult tours, but I think they got something out of it! I then took them to the area where I work. Two of the girls walked arm-in-arm with me, and asked how they could get jobs there! (college education) Today we will use the internet to ID their plant specimens.

Triple S says I have a 'kid crush' on the one kid, Elijah. He is so cute and such a sweetie. After every class I always tell him what this little 6-year-old says (like one day, after getting the smallest purple coneflower flower, he asked why his was so small. I said because it was still a young flower that hadn't grown all the way, and he says "Yay, I got a young flower!" Like, that's ok, I am happy about it no matter what). He kinda makes me want to be brave again. He and Harry Potter.

Well anyway, between these two things swirling in my head, I feel ready to try again. I want to be brave, and balanced. I was thinking, it would be ok if we had a boy. When I was first pregnant, I felt it was a boy, and imagined us doing all kinds of stuff together. When we saw that u/s, I was disappointed for a half a day, but then jumped full into girl mode. But, now, allowing myself to dream of a little Elijah or a little Harry doesn't hurt and isn't so scary. And, worth the stress and worry that we will (HOPEFULLY) (SOON) have to endure.

We were quite busy this last week (yes, that kind of busy), and now I am on progesterone. Fingers crossed.

I am busy this week getting ready for our trip to Toronto, for a wedding. I have my google directions printed out, and am checking them against an atlas (yep, I bought an atlas - kinda handy) because there is always something screwy with internet directions. Like, I don't want to drive straight through Indy - I'd like to take the outerbelt thank you. Anyway, packing and getting snacks and books on tape. Oh, and I've got to get my haircut, do my nails, iron my clothes -aahhh. I need a to-do list... Is it really July 20th already????