Summer!

As of about 10:30 this morning, my summer has begun!! I get to look forward to reading for pleasure and not having any obligations to fill other than those laid out by my job. This Sunday I am leaving for South Carolina where I will babysit my cousin's two year old son whom I will refer to as Liam. I am so excited! I will be there for three weeks. They have a beach within their gated community which I will be able to ride the bike to. There is a little cart thing that hooks up to the bike that I can put Liam in. I will spend as many days as possible at the beach because it's free and fun. My only concern is that there will be no one to put sunscreen on my back as Liam is too young. I will be the primary babysitter which means more money for me. I love my cousins down there so it will be fun to spend a lot of time with them. I'm just nervous about getting on their nerves. I plan on doing a lot of reading so hopefully that will keep me out of their way. I think Liam goes to playgroups, so I'll have breaks every once in a while. He is such a cutie. I'm kind of nervous about how long it will take him to get used to me. I know the first day will be rough, but hopefully he'll be fully adjusted by the end of next week. Being there while his parents are there at night will probably help the transition. I have tons of books to read while there since I won't have any friends to go out with on the weekends. I'll only be there two weekends so being in won't be too bad. I am planning on catching up on classics this summer. I'm pretty excited about my reading ambitions. It is going to be so wonderful to be able to go read on the beach at my leisure, provided I bring the baby. I am going to try to get up early enough to get some good shells at least one day while I'm there. The only thing that would stop me is if my cousin didn't want me to go out by myself. I know that the beach at night is a dangerous place, but I don't know about the early morning. I'll find out. If I don't get any nice shells it won't be a big deal, because I don't know what I would do with them. I'll figure something out if I do collect any. Maybe I'll try to find two really cool ones to bring back for the boys. They would love that, and it would be a free gift. I don't plan on buying them anything, but now that I think about it maybe I should. I get a 40% discount at my aunt's clothing store, so maybe I'll buy each of them a shirt. I can't wait to go. I'm driving it all in one day this Sunday. I'm nervous about driving through the mountains. It is going to be such a long day. I plan on leaving at 8:00 AM so I should get there around 9 or 10 depending on how often and how long I stop. I want to bring my lunch and dinner in a cooler so I don't have to buy stuff along the way. Peanut butter sandwich and chips will do. That way I only have to stop for gas and to go to the bathroom. I have lots of books on tape to occupy my mind for the trip. I also threw together 4 mix cd's in an hour yesterday for the trip. I didn't have time to make them fit together nicely, but what I have will do. I'll probably have the CD player on random when I do have it on so the order of the songs on the CDs won't matter. Hopefully the drive will be uneventful.