Monday, June 24, 2013

Summer Time

Yes, I'm back.  Yes, I've been busy.  And yes, I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted....

Things have been so busy, I haven't had time to form a single thought, let alone a whole post for my blog. 

So, here I am.

Now, to begin...

It's summer time!  Yea!!!

I remember summers as a child and teenager.  I'd look forward to the beginning of the summer with great and excited anticipation.  The lengthy end of June, followed by a whole month of July, and yet another lengthy month of August.  About two and half months of no school, no homework, no getting up early, no studying... no nothing... the thought of all of that nothingness always filled me with great joy. 
But I could always find nice things to do in all of that nothingness.  Swimming in the pool.   Picking out cute shorts and tank tops to don.  Beach trips.  Taking long walks into the woods... The smell of honeysuckle.  The sounds of cicada's in the trees.  Long days and long nights... Ahhh.... the summer months are full of wondrous  non-planning and planning alike.
Up until after the fourth of July.  After that, I'd usually start itching for something more productive to do.  I'd start getting "ants in my pants".  That's when the sighs would start coming out of my mouth, quickly followed by the million or so "I'm so bored!"...   I'd stay that way till the next time we did something as a family, whether it was camping, going up to Clemmark, or another beach trip. 
When August came, the back to school commercials and signs and banners would appear and that is when my stomach would start to get all butterfly-ish and I'd start dreading the new school year.  Who would my new teacher (s) be?  What would the homework be like?  What if my friends had grown to hate me during the summer months?  What if my back to school clothes aren't as cool or cute as others? 
All the thoughts I had. 
They seem so silly now...
However, they don't seem like silly thoughts to my 12 year old daughter, who coincidentally is going through the exact same things that I did when I was her age...
sigh...

This summer, Olivia has already been out of the house for nearly 2 1/2 weeks straight.  This relative and that.  This friend and that one... Our front door has been a revolving door... Makes me happy though, because she doesn't have time to be bored when she's so busy... :)
Come August, she too will start to dread the thought of getting up early for (gasp!) seventh grade.  And I'll have to try and calm her fears like my parents did for me when I was growing up...
I guess that's it for now...

I'm terribly sorry that I made you wait for a new post.  I promise it won't be for as long next time...