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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Enjoying Summer

A Scout blogger I subscribe to (and keep track of on Twitter) made a comment about how his web traffic had gone down over the past month.  He wondered what he could do to remedy the problem.  I wanted to laugh but quietly held my peace.  What, precisely, does he think he’s going to remedy?!  It’s summer!  It is the season of folks going out-of-doors.  It’s time for families to catch up on family time, as much as they can, since kids are out of school and often parents are eating up vacation days so they can hang with the fam.  The weather is fine, the days are longer, there are so many things to do and see!  He, as a Scouter, should know this! 

It’s funny, I get so caught up in the crazy schedules of the kids with school and Scouts and life in general during September through most of June, I always have this grand idea that when summer comes, I’ll have so much more time.  What I forget is that there are 24 hours in a day whether it’s July or December.  And just because the kids aren’t doing the daily school grind doesn’t mean there aren’t obligations and commitments in other arenas during the summer months.  Still, there’s something I absolutely adore about the luxury of making our own schedule to suit our own desires during the summer.  There may be the same amount of hours, and while our commitments aren’t nearly as pressing as when school is in session, we still have obligations to uphold, yet there’s a certain sense of laziness and down time that I always associate with summer that I can’t deny.

The thing is, I’ve spent the last few weeks (when not volunteering at day camp) working on organizing this and that around the house.  I’ve cleaned those icky places that get overly neglected.  I’ve made plans for areas that have been overlooked for too long.  I’ve made mental inventory of what needs to be done in various areas of my life and made plans and timelines to take care of those needs.  And yet… I’ve been able to hang out in my pajamas all day on more days than not the last few weeks.  I’ve been able to stay up into the early morning on more than a few occasions.  We’ve had dinner at 9pm on at least two occasions.  We have gone out and about into the late hours.  One night the kids and I spent some time outside in the screened gazebo chatting and playing cards while I sifted through paperwork. 

The vampire in me is greatly pleased with these hours we’ve been keeping.  The sloth in me loves the “take it as it comes” pace.  I love that I’m getting things done, but that I’m getting them done in a manner and at a pace that makes it feel like I’m not really doing anything.  The best part of all of this is not having to do the morning grind.  I hate mornings and I especially hate mornings when I’m pressed to get things done or get people out the door by a specific time. 

Tonight Jenica and Devon and I went to Safeway late at night.  Devon needed some things for his campout and I wanted to pick up some groceries for Jen and I since the boys would be out of town.  Jen and I picked a variety of lush tomatoes and cucumbers.  We’ll have a beautiful mutli-colored tomato/cucumber/red onion salad for lunch tomorrow with grilled sourdough & cheddar cheese sandwiches.  Hello, yum?  For dinner we’ll likely make foil packets with yummy veggies - including my favorite baby bella mushrooms. We’ll stay up late watching movies or walking Tillie.  Maybe I’ll convince her to sleep out in a tent on the patio tomorrow night with me. 

While I’m dreading the heat that’s due the next couple of days, I’m still loving the lazy summer schedule we’ve been able to adopt.  Makes me wish summer could be always.  (Oh, I say this, but I know in a few weeks the heat will drive me mad and I’ll be pining for the crisp, wet autumn.)

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