This summer has been bittersweet for me. I am having the most amazing time taking H on adventures, but it also means my maternity leave is coming to a close. I went on and on and on about that yesterday. So my summer playlist is a fitting mix of lighthearted beach songs and obvious, maudlin fare (“All Good Things Come to an End” Nelly Furtado? Really? I’d forgotten you were in my iTunes, don’t do this to me right now).

Anyway, here’s what’s playing:

• As It Seems-Lily Kershaw
• Payphone-Maroon 5 and Whiz Kalifa
• Call Me Maybe-Carly Rae Jepsen
• Glad You Came-The Wanted
• Lifted (Lullaby for H Rework)-Tritonal feat.Christina Soto, as mixed by Adam Reeve
• Some Nights-Fun.
• Don’t Let It Break Your Heart-Coldplay
• Lights-Ellie Goulding
• Transatlanticism-Death Cab for Cutie
• Set the Fire to the Third Bar-Snow Patrol
• Shine-Estelle
• Tri-State (Robert Nickson Remix)-Above & Beyond
• Us-Regina Spektor
• Touched by the Sun-Envio
• We Found Love-Rihanna
• Section 9 (Light& Day/Reach for the Sun)-The Polyphonic Spree
• World on Fire (Junkie XI Mix-GM Edit)-Sarah McLachlan
• Breathe Me-Sia
• Let Go-Frou Frou
• Just the Way You Are-Bruno Mars
• Won’t Stop-OneRepublic
• Happy-Leona Lewis
• Lonely Boy-The Black Keys
• Mr. Know It All-Kelly Clarkson
• Sweet Caroline-Neil Diamond
• The Light-Sara Bareilles
• The Ladder-Andrew Belle
• Forgiveness-Sarah McLachlan
• All Good Things (Come to an End)-Nelly Furtado
• Big Jumps-Emiliana Torrini
• Hurts Like Heaven-Coldplay
• Very Loud-Shout Out Louds
• Somebody That I Used to Know-Gotye
• Off I Go-Greg Laswell
• Frozen Charlotte-Natalie Merchant
• Fly-Nicki Minaj
• Misery Business-Paramore
• On a Good Day-Oceanlab
• Cobrastyle-Teddybears