So, the a/c is back on after enjoying several gloriously cool days and I’ve been trying to psyche myself up for summer.
It’s definitely my least-favorite season –I despise heat and humidity and both are annoyingly abundant in Georgia from May through September.
It’s been a somewhat trying week, so I didn’t greet today’s warm weather with the best of attitudes. But because I believe that attitude changes everything, I am trying to change mine for the better by making a list of things that I like about summer. I need to encourage myself for the long, hot days ahead.
Trouble is, I could only come up with five:
1. Swimming
2. Going to the beach
3. A break from schoolwork
4. Fireflies
5. Hummingbirds
AND…that’s about all I’ve got.
What about you? What would you put on a list of “Things to Love About Summer”?
Kari Apted is a writer and speaker residing in Georgia with her husband, three sons, and an ever-changing menagerie of pets. She writes a humorous weekly parenting column for The Covington News and freelances for various publications.more»
Amanda
May 16th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Homemade banana ice cream!!
Kari
May 16th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
That DOES sound good!
Amy
May 16th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
The horrendous heat will come in handy on laundry days–you can hang a load and actually take some off the lines right away when you’re done, because they’ll be dry. *You* won’t be dry–but some of the laundry will be.
Frozen fruit is good (grapes, melons) as a summer snack. Eating grapes frozen is my favorite way to eat them. They’re like self-contained slushies.