As I make my rounds through the blogosphere, I keep seeing references to....SUMMER. And beach trips. And hot weather. And I'm thinking, it just doesn't feel like summer; in fact, to me it feels like it's barely spring. I feel like I am in some sort of time warp.
Yes, it's the end of May. And I live in a tourist area that was inundated this past weekend with folks starting summer. But it's barely warm--it's only been above 70 a couple of days. And the leaves just came out. And the water won't be warm enough to swim in until....well, it never will be for me, but last time I checked the paper (last week) the water temp was a chill 53F. Brrrr.
Besides the weather not feeling like summer, this is the first year in more than 20 years that I haven't been on an academic schedule either as a student or as a teacher. So there's been no rush of papers and exams to signal the end of a semester, no extended break, no plans for summer school. Yes, the Kid will be out of school in a few weeks, and things will slow down at church a bit, but I'm still missing some of my familiar signals.
So I'm trying to adjust to the idea that it is, in fact, summer. And it promises to be a full one. The Kid will finish his first year of high school in a couple of weeks. Lovely Daughter #2 will be married in 3 1/2 weeks. Lovely Daughter #1 will be heading back to Korea. Elder Son will begin his new coaching job at Formerly-an-animal-name-University. The Kid and I will explore the local beaches, and maybe take in some baseball games. I will actually take some vacation time, and not just stay at home. Perhaps there will even be some blogger meet-ups!
Now if it would just warm up a bit....
3 comments:
It hit 90 degrees here today .... which hardly ever happens during May.
One day of heat, and I am already wanting some cooler weather.
We weren't as hot today as yesterday, but I'm still feeling as though summer has taken over.
I'll sign up for one of those blogger meet-up slots!
The heat is killing us here, thankfully it it supposed to cool off tomorrow. While I was complaining about the cool spring, I didn't want to go from 50 to 90 in one week...
Enjoy the wedding and graduation, big life events all at once!
Thanks for stopping by, it confused me for a sec as I'm so used to seeing you over at Phantom's! And yes, I am not at all looking forward to the pleas for the super soakers!
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