Is it summer yet?

Have you ever felt that way? Well I do. Dh finally went back to work after a 3 week layoff, the kids are back in school and I started classes today. The kids are running around screaming at each other and I am dreaming of the Brigade's summer Op in Virginia Beach...sigh.
The temps outside today were in the teens, so consequently, the kids stayed in after school. Is it summer yet?
I got a letter in the mail, letting me know that my 20 year (YIKES!!!) high school reunion would be held this summer. It is hard to believe that i have been out of high school that long. I sometimes look around and think "where did my life go?"lol. It feels like just yesterday, I was 18, with my friends at Myrtle Beach on the Strand, partying with the great tunes of Bob Seger playing in the background. Back then my biggest worry was which college was I going to choose.
It is funny. I was voted "most sophisticated" in high school. LOL...if they could see me now! Back then, I planned on going to college and then law school. I was going to be a prosecutor, then maybe set up a private practice. I wasn't going to get married till I was in my mid-thirties, and then I wasn't going to have kids. And if I did decide to have them, it wouldn't be till after my career was established. Funny how life turns out.
I just celebrated my 38th birthday....yep, 38. For some reason, that number bothers me more than when I turned 30. Or even 35.
I have decided to focus on me. I think that women too often forget to think about themselves. It is as if, once we marry and have kids, we as individuals, cease to exist.
As I mentioned, the Brigade is planning a op in VB. I am so excited. This is the most amazing group of women. I have been blessed to have been included in their circle. Even though I have only physically met one (Sin), I feel like I know these ladies better than I know my neighbors, and since I have lived here for the past 11 years, that is saying a lot.
I am a very social person. I love meeting new people. Dh is not. He is content with staying with his circle of small but close friends. Not me. To me, the more the merrier. In my opinion, there is nothing more boring than going to a club with just your dh and you. Don't get me wrong, I love dh, but geesh. So, I am excited to be included in these upcoming ops. We plan on hitting a bar that is owned by actual Navy Seals this spring! How cool is that? Dh just shook his head and said "leave it to you ladies to find, what I am sure is the only bar in the midwest owned and operated by Seals."lol.
Dh is very good with my obsession..(yeah, I admit it, I am obsessed with Seals..shoot me..). What is even better is, at one point he thought about trying out for the BUD/s program. Dh was in the Navy for 10 years. I am very proud of his service. He said that he realized that he couldn't do the running that was required of BUD/s candidates. Dh is not a runner. So, anyway, he is cool with me doing the Brigade ops. As long as I remember that I am Married, lol. It is flattering that he thinks that I will have a bunch of sailors hitting on me, but really...like that is going to happen. A man magnet, I am not.lol.
So, I am on a strict diet with workouts everynight (OMG!) doing 1 hour of Tae Bo. I plan on being back in those size 10 jeans that I lent to my daughter. Kinda like that Special K commercial, where the daughter finds an old pair of jeans of mom's? Yeah, that is me and dd. But not for long........'cause VB and Little Creek, here I come!....