Or at least that's what I've been told all my life. And, fortunately or unfortunately, it's all too true.
Summer time and the living isn't so easy. Seems that the whole country is suffering from higher temps than usual. Brown outs. A whole community on the east coast without water services (eeewww!). Not enough rain to refill the lakes from this ongoing drought we've had.
This past week we did have a cool front come through. So instead of close to being 100 with high humidity we had a couple of days of 80s and wonderfully cool nights. AC turned off. Windows thrown open. Nice little breeze blowing through the house. Such a nice break from the sufferings of summer. But, alas and alack, the "real" Texas summer returned all too soon.
So summer is passing too quickly. Haven't been able to spend a lot of time with any of the Gkids. We did manage to get down to Eric's Scout camp to check him out for a few hours on a couple of weekends. We visited "the" Walmart and "the" movie theatre (four tiny auditoriums) in Athens.
He got to come home earlier than planned. My SIL made him an offer he couldn't refuse - a high adventure outing with their Scouts down to the Texas coast (sounds mighty high falutin', doesn't it?). Thankfully Eric got to visit with the camp leaders, explaining the situation, and they let him go with their blessing. AND he'll be able to return next summer to work since he left under good circumstances.
The kid is a hard worker. A good example to others and does what is asked of him. Plus good attitude and terrific sense of humor. Which helps when you're working in 90+ weather, in high humidity, around stinking smelly boys, etc.
Gorgeous country down there. Almost wouldn't mind moving there. But then we'd have to figure out how to build a portal so that Gkids and kids can zip in & out anytime.
Although it's only the middle of summer the dreaded school supplies and uniforms are already populating aisles and aisles at local stores everywhere. I can feel a disturbance in the universe as kids & their parents are trying to grab and hold on to every last second of summer.
Time for a trip to DQ for a Blizzard, another trip to the frozen yogurt store, or a visit to my local snow cone stand. That's how I get to celebrate summer this year. That and thank the inventors of air conditioning!!!
