Monday, July 28, 2008

It's an August thing



I love summer. I love the pace, the lack of schedules, the fun, swimming, heat and look forward to adopting a "Jimmy Buffet" approach to life. Love that the kids can eat Pop-tarts for breakfast, stay in their pj's till noon and go to bed at 10...it's all good, really good for a while.

Then August hits and everything gets real boring...

The pool is no longer fun, the heat is too hot, not having a schedule becomes a burden instead of a blessing and everyone in my house, me included, starts to long for "normal life" again.

I remember when my kids were all preschoolers and this rhythm was not a part of our life...everyday seememd unkindly like the last...and I longed for a break from the monotony of it all. With the advent of school aged children life seemed a little less bland...there were actually seasons again...seasons are good!

So this summer season is winding down...or at least it feels like it should be...still a month till school starts...VBS starts today, then vacation then two weeks till school...

I promise around September 1 I'll be lamenting the end of summer and will be asking where all the time went...it's a rhythm...it's not boring....it's just predictable.

4 comments:

one hot momma said...

Your creative juices are flowing...this is the part of summer that I love! You're a beautiful writer my friend! Oh, and the new blog look...we should talk! LOVE IT!

Melissa :) said...

That is sooooooooo our story here too. Pool no longer fun, blah, blah, blah. And not to mention it was 106 here today. :(

Kids can't have poptarts during the school year? Uh-oh. ;o)

Carol said...

looking forward to August 27!

Carol said...

when do I get to see pics of HH?