Summertime…and the living is stressful.  I was hoping that I’d be enjoying a more relaxed lifestyle this summer since our daughter is a little older and more independent.  Well, hello economic uncertainty, furlough frenzy and too much junk in my trunk!  I am battling the boardroom, budget and bulge.
  But there are a few good things happening this summer.  We are enjoying an extra hour of zzzzzzz’s each morning, we can fish until nearly 9 at night, no uniforms to wash and iron, Banks is an awesome running companion in local parks, shrimp is good for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Confederate Jessamine is perfume from God and I love seeing folks shed their winter gear to show-off their finally chiseled gams as they conquer the Ravenel Bridge.
  So I guess at second glance, it ain’t all bad.  Summertime and I thank God I’m livin’.