The thing about being a grownup is sometimes summer looses it's affect. I'm lucky enough to have a job that allows me get out and about pretty much as I please, so that helps from being completely trapped inside. (I was trying to explain this to my best friend, who is a teacher ... She forgets she gets the essense of summer in her life.)
Saturday was the epitome of summer in my world. (Well, true epitome will come July 9-16 when we're in Florida, but Saturday was as close as it gets in Murray.)
Peggy and I went to yard sales Saturday morning (The deal of the day was unused Rook cards for 10 cents.) and then at lunch at a quaint girly restaurant called Garden Gate. Then Greg and I went to his aunt and uncle's pool with Jaclyn and Bryan. I read magazines and got a really good start of my new book. (I finished it last night, but "The Second Summer of the Sisterhood" isn't exactly literature. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed it.) Later that night we grilled out with friends and played games until about midnight.
I used to spend most of my summers outside swimming or inside watching MTV. Now I am in a cubicle with no windows and I can't listen to music. Yeah, I would like to be a kid again, sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI spent many of my summer days at the pool and many of my summer nights playing flashlight tag with the neighborhood kids.
ReplyDeleteThose were the days when MTV actually played music videos. (Although, I admit, I watched "The Real World" last night — and enjoyed it.)
You did? The new RW? Okay, it is still entertaining, but why can't we go back to the days of Pedro...people who actually had things to say. Now it is a big sex romp. Anyway, yeah, flashlight tag...that was fun. Did you have a scooter? I would ride my scooter a lot too. It was mint green. I think I would ride it wearing leggings and a side ponytail.
ReplyDeleteOh, my friend Melissa and I would dance around the pool singing, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody". Actually, I think we lip synced to it. How funny.