All grown up

Over the weekend I got to see all of my family for the first time since the events of the summer. My mom told me that my aunt said I am a very mature girl. I think she is right. The events of the summer made me grow up a lot. I really started to think about what I want and how I want my life to be. I realized yesterday that I genuinely like the person that I have become since the summer. I think this maturity is the reason that I want to be a guidance counselor. I feel that I have enough insight to help kids who do not yet. I'm having a whole hell of a lot more fun now. This summer was the best summer of my life so far, or at least the best for me. I wouldn't change a minute of it. This coming summer is going to be even better because, hopefully, I'll start it at the beach in South Carolina with my family. Then I'll return home and watch the boys. This summer I plan to take them to swimming lessons again. I'm also going to encourage their mother to sign them up for some day camps, not to get out of work, because I'll get paid less, but because I think they need time with other kids. They spent way too much time with only each other last summer. I am also going to encourage her to sign them up for baseball. I really think they need interaction with other kids. Of course I'll offer to take them to and from practices and camps. I'm still debating on whether or not to return to Woody's. I could make more money which is good, but my cousin is going to have a baby in May and I'm going to want to spend a lot of time up there with the baby and her helping out an such. It's struggle because my family is very important, but I need to make some money. If I returned to Woody's in June when I get back from South Carolina I would feel bad for asking for weekends off because that is when they would need me the most. I guess I would have time to spend with the baby in August after Woody's closes, but it would feel rushed. I don' t know. I guess I'll wait until closer to the summer to decided. The plans for SC aren't even finalized yet so I may have all of May at home, in which case I would most likely return to Woody's since I wouldn't want to waste a month not working while the boys are in school. We'll see.