10 Things to Do Before April 11 (Or When I Have to Start Working)

1. Read 5 books.
2. Make biscuits.
3. Have a movie night with Momfy and Nico.
4. Watch that "Citizen Kane" documentary that has been sitting in my hard drive for a year.
5. Put up an Instagram wall in my room.
6. Lose 10 pounds.
7. Cook for Cholo.
8. Help these two boys learn how to ride the bike.
9. Paint flowers.
10. Play with my nephew Daniel. 

At the tea party

When for the grade 12 send-off tea party we were given an insanely modest budget for decorations, Cholo and I immediately set about packing almost everything in my bedroom into his car, collecting jam jars, and making paper fans in pretty pastel colors to string together into streamers. It was unbelievably exhausting but I had the grandest time!

At the beach

Oh how I love going to the beach if only to lounge on the sand for hours on end with a lovely book and a cool drink on hand. I was never a swimmer, but oh how I love going to the beach to clutch at the fine sand, feel the cool water on my feet, and taste the sun and the salt of the sea in the breeze. Oh how very lucky I am that Cholo takes me to the beach all the time.