Summer Up

I cannot stand summer. I have reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder. I hate the heat, hate my birthday, hate the heat, hate the mosquitos, hate the heat.....

But I'm determined to love summer. They always say that love is a choice, right? So if I have to be in an intimate relationship with this dang season until September or October, then let's do it right.

Things I Love About Summer (and I actually do): 

• reading stories to the kids in the hammock
• swimming, water slides, white water rafting, anything H20! 
• barbecues
• walking through parking lots at night without it being dark
• more opportunities to see people I love 
• pedicures!
• my skin achieves color level PALE instead of just regular TRANSPARENT. So white :( But less so!
• seeing kids' eyes light up as they discover the arts at our summer camps
• Sam's birthday :) 

That's pretty much it. Not a long list, but a decent one. I'll keep working at it....